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The City of Milton is making a splash this Independence Day with Riverfest 2025, happening Friday, July 4, at the Riverwalk and Jernigan’s Landing along the Blackwater River.

This marks the first time the City of Milton is officially hosting the annual Riverfest event, which was previously managed by the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce.

An important meeting is being held tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. at the regular commissioners meeting at 6495 Caroline Street in the commissioners’ chambers. If you haven’t heard about it, please listen up. These public hearings were advertised by our county in Escambia County (Pensacola News Journal) – not Santa Rosa County. Under Florida Statute […]

As smoke engulfed a home’s garage on Holley Court in Navarre May 28, firefighters pulled a rottweiler out from the haze.

Thanks to a specialized mask on board Holley Navarre Fire District Engine 41, the animal was given oxygen, hauled off in an ambulance and able to be given treatment. The dog, named “Sydney,” has reportedly left St. Francis Animal Hospital after a multi-day stay.

Within the first half hour of the Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners meeting, Chairman Kerry Smith made clear he wanted to remove a member of the zoning board. The member in question is Commissioner Ray Eddington’s District 4 representative, Gene Sullivan. Smith accused Sullivan of getting into a verbal altercation with a zoning applicant following the special zoning meeting of May 22.

Governor Ron DeSantis made headlines when he appointed five new members to the UWF board of trustees in January. The appointees—Paul Bailey, Gates Garcia, Adam Kissel, Chris Young and Scott Yenor—were contested by locals, students and staff at the university, prompting a grassroots movement, protests and several Senate Appropriations Committee meetings. While several picks remained uncontested, two of them, Yenor and Kissel, prompted controversy.

The scenario: A category 4 hurricane has struck Santa Rosa County and now it is all hands on deck for the aftermath.

In preparation for the 2025 hurricane season, Santa Rosa County Emergency Management gathered its partners needed in a crisis and held their annual hurricane exercise.

In partnership with Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce, Santa Rosa County District Schools is all set for year two of its Junior Leadership Santa Rosa class.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners will meet Monday, June 9 in Milton to discuss several issues, including an update to MSBU fire districts, and recognize the achievements of local 4-H archers. Here is what you need to know about the upcoming meeting.

Santa Rosa County invites residents, property owners and stakeholders in the East Milton area to help shape the future of their community by participating in an online survey now available through June 30.

On June 9, the Santa Rosa County Commissioners will be talking about moving forward two Municipal Services Taxing Units to fund road and infrastructure projects and a Municipal Service Benefit Unit for stormwater maintenance.