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The next tropical storm that develops in the Atlantic this hurricane season will be named Dolly, but it’s not connected to Dolly Parton’s death. Storm systems are named by procedures set by the World Meteorological Organization, and names are reused every six years. This season has had three tropical storms, and the next name on […]

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to return an additional $1 million to offset its increase in the upcoming fiscal year budget, County Administrator Brad Baker told Santa Rosa County Commissioners at a committee meeting Aug. 25.

Santa Rosa County commissioners agreed at their committee meeting Aug. 25 to advance a plan committing half a million dollars in county conservation funds toward farmland easements.

The Santa Rosa County Commission is set to meet this week, with the agenda workshop being held in Tiger Point.

The first of two meetings will be held Aug. 25 at the Tiger Point Community Center at 8:30 a.m., with final approval being held at the Santa Rosa County Administrative Building at 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 27.

A Navarre man was arrested after allegedly yelling, cussing and recording voters at Santa Rosa County Auditorium in Milton Tuesday, Aug. 18.

A Milton councilman who questioned the humor on the city’s Facebook page told members at a work session Aug. 20 that the “expert guidance” he read had been compiled with the help of artificial intelligence, drawing laughter from some and beginning a very sharp discussion.

Pace High School opened the new school year with Santa Rosa County’s largest student population with 2,351 students enrolled for the year and school officials saying they added portables to keep up with demand.

When Vincent Therrien turned 17, he spent much of that year trying to serve during World War II.

With U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis taking 71 percent of the vote districtwide in the Aug. 18 Florida primary, the first-term congressman from Panama City will face off against Democratic challenger Gay Valimont in the November general election

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Kerry Smith says that while he removed signs critical of him, he argued the signs were unmarked and sat on public land after a resident reported him to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office for theft.