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MILTON — The 50th Annual Santa Rosa County Farm Tour is Tuesday, Oct. 4. The event begins at the Santa Rosa County Extension office, 6263 Dogwood Drive in Milton.

"Santa Rosa County has long been …

1. TEE OFF FOR A CAUSE. The Santa Rosa County Navy League charity golf tournament is Saturday at the Tanglewood Golf Course and Country Club, 5916 Tanglewood Drive in Milton. Registration begins at 1…

MILTON — Men in Action Outreach has shut its doors after three-and-a-half years of tutoring and mentoring boys in Santa Rosa County.

MIA’s president, Morris “Moe” Smith, moved to Atlanta, Ga., lea…

MILTON — Kevin Davis, of Milton, driving a semi hauling approximately 8,100 gallons of methanol fell asleep on I-10 headed east, approaching the Avalon Blvd. exit, according to a Florida Highway Patr…

PACE — The Azalea Garden Club of Pace welcomes green thumbs and novice gardeners alike to its first meeting.

The group will meet 1-3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 in the Pace Fire Department Conference Ro…

MILTON — The Santa Rosa Arts and Culture Foundation has scheduled its first Monday Night Book Club meeting.

The kickoff gathering — part of a monthly series — is set for 7 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Dra…

In August, a flood rocked much of southern Louisiana. Since then, Santa Rosa County, no stranger to natural disasters, has sent aid to survivors. But relief crews would like to see more of certain it…

PENSACOLA — When the University of West Florida football team took the field Saturday, it was the first time UWF fielded a football team.
Among the 100-plus athletes on the team, 13 of them are fro…

MILTON — An upcoming workshop will focus on prescribed burns.
The event — 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Blackwater River State Forest’s Bear Lake Pavilion — will provide an overview on uses o…

Dear editor,
 
The tax for a new courthouse failed for the same reasons it has always failed: location, location, location.
The taxpayers don't want to put a new courthouse in a place that has …