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Hope and then heartbreak for Navarre Raider girls basketball team

Written by Brian Lester on February 7, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Maleeya Brammer scored and drew a foul with 1:52 to play in the third quarter of the District 1-6A championship game Friday night.

She and her twin sister, Makayla, celebrated. The home crowd roared. Navarre led Niceville by four. A title started to feel more like a reality than a dream.

Master Gardeners host rose bush and grape pruning demo

Written by Staff Reporters on February 6, 2026. Posted in Community, News.

The Master Gardeners of Santa Rosa County will be demonstrating how to prune grape vines and rose bushes at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 12. The class will take place in the gardens at the county extension office, located at 6263 Dogwood Drive in Milton.

No regrets for Raider girls soccer team despite tourney loss

Written by Brian Lester on February 6, 2026. Posted in Uncategorized.

Emma Barry and fellow Navarre Raider team captain Jade Wright shared a long embrace on the field after the clock hit zero in a Region 1-6A soccer quarterfinal Thursday night.

For Wright, there are still two more years of high school to go. But for Barry, this was the end of the road, a 6-0 road loss to the Niceville Eagles on a cold February evening marking the final stop.

Hamblin headed to next level for college football

Written by Brian Lester on February 5, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Connor Hamblin didn’t start playing tackle football until his freshman year.

He had played flag football and in the backyard with friends. Once he started playing at Navarre, he didn’t look back.

Wins and losses don’t tell whole story for Raider boys hoops team

Written by Brian Lester on February 5, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Navarre’s boys basketball team set out to lay a foundation this season, and in a lot of ways that was achieved.

The Raiders won nine games, five more than the previous season, and strides were made even if the win-loss record shows as 9-15.

Navarre Raider girls hoops team set to play for district title

Written by Brian Lester on February 5, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Navarre’s girls basketball team is headed to the District 1-6A championship game on Friday night.

Navarre man arrested during drug sting, allegedly sold to high schoolers

Written by Staff Reporters on February 4, 2026. Posted in Crime, News.

A Navarre man was arrested Feb. 3 during a targeted narcotics operation in Milton.

Damorian Joseph McCarty, 19, is charged with drug possession, burglary, larceny and damaging property with criminal mischief.

East Bay K8 Literacy Night highlights America, love of reading

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on February 4, 2026. Posted in Education.

East Bay K-8 School was “lit up” Tuesday, Jan. 27, during Literacy Night, an afterschool event designed to get students excited about reading.

Navarre’s boys hoops season ends in tourney loss to rival

Written by Brian Lester on February 4, 2026. Posted in Sports.

Colt Brauns buried a 3-pointer. Aaden Jackson coasted through the lane for a layup. And just like that Navarre’s boys basketball team had shaken off a tough start and seized the moment against Gulf Breeze in a District 1-6A quarterfinal Tuesday night.

Alabama-West Florida UMC, SMU collaborate to teach local clergy

Written by Staff Reporters on February 4, 2026. Posted in Faith.

Clergy from across the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church gathered in Mobile Jan. 26 and 27 for a kickoff event marking the official launch of the conference’s participation in the Certificate in Preaching Excellence program, a nationally recognized continuing education initiative focused on strengthening preaching for experienced pastors.

The two-day event was held at Dauphin Way United Methodist Church and offered in partnership with the Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence at Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology.