Community Archive

Santa Rosa County commissioners on July 23 recognized the Navarre Rotary Club for its work to prevent drownings on local beaches, adopting a proclamation marking July 19-25 as National Drowning Prevention Week.

Getting stopped by a Milton police officer this summer might mean getting a ticket for a free ice cream cone.

Santa Rosa Medical Center has announced they have donated $15,000 to the Pace Athletic Recreation Association (PARA) for their commitment to community service and health to the local community.

Inside a packed conference room on the third floor of the Ascension Sacred Heart Cancer Center in Pensacola, staff members and community members welcomed a new member of the team.
He doesn’t talk, he doesn’t complain, and he is paid in hugs and treats.

There are many ways and places to celebrate our 250th Independence Day.

With the United States of America’s 250th anniversary approaching, Santa Rosa County Library System is showing its patriotic side with a series of events at various branches.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is investigating three people for their alleged roles in the death of an alligator in Milton.

The three people allegedly trapped, transported and killed an 8.5-foot alligator.

Will Pohlman spent 22 years in the Navy. He went in as an aviation structural mechanic, eventually retrained as a Mandarin linguist, and retired thinking the hardest part was behind him. It wasn’t.

Brian Stisser of Pace would be one of the people in Santa Rosa County to tell you that Father’s Day isn’t about him.
The 42-year-old leads Cub Scout Pack 78 in Santa Rosa County, where he’s the guy roughly 35 kids run to for high-fives, hugs, and, for one time only, nail painting. To really understand why he is there for others, you have to go back to where he started, and it wasn’t all good.

While it may not look like much from the outside, a one-story building off Stewart Street stocks canned food and shelves of peanut butter for students in need across Santa Rosa County.