Community Archive

The Navarre Garden Club has been hosting flower shows since the mid-1970s. The shows were started by Martha Pullum, the wife of the late Bill Pullum, in 1975. Martha was the first Flower Show Chair of the Navarre Garden Club.

A local animal outreach, A HOPE, works toward serving the animals in Santa Rosa County.

The focus of A HOPE, which stands for Animal Health Outreach Prevention Education, is to spay, neuter and vaccinate county animals at an affordable rate, whether that be for stray community cats or beloved family dogs.

An adult loggerhead sea turtle washed on shore May 14 by the artificial reef in the Navarre Beach Marine Park and the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center (NBSTCC) stranding team was notified right away.

The Northwest Florida region has a rich colonial history with the Spanish, French, and British all having occupied parts of the area before the United States even began.

There has been plenty studied and written about the colonial period of this region and a new book seeks to pull all that research together and give proper context to the Spanish era, specifically from 1698 to 1763.

Reece Rodman was the recipient of the Navarre Beach Chamber Foundation’s Keifer Huhman Memorial Scholarship at the Navarre Navy Junior ROTC Awards night on May 4.

Three times a year, Milton hosts a gun show.

Rather, Billy Rogers hosts a gun show at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium sponsored by his business, Rogers Dozer Service. The next of which will be June 4 and 5.

Saturday, April 30 was a night to remember. Three proms took place that night – Navarre High School (NHS) Prom on University of West Florida’s campus, Navarre Homeschool Prom at Gulf Pointe Latin School’s Gymnasium and Navarre High School Prom 2 at WaterVue in Fort Walton Beach, which was organized for students who were unable to get a ticket to the original NHS Prom. Here are some photos from the special night.

Not too many people leave the kind of impact that Zack Butler did.

Butler was named 2023 Santa Rosa County School District Teacher of the Year just a few months ago, an honor he received for his work as an adaptive physical education teacher.

The Guardian ad Litem Program for Children held their annual event to remember the children they serve. The event took place on April 24 at Twin Hills Park in Crestview.

According to the Outreach Coordinator Carita Smith, in the spirit of what the event stood for, the performers were all children.

At the April edition of Holley-Navarre Water System’s monthly board meeting, there were several people who were recognized for their contributions to the organization.