Feb 17, 2022
Santa Rosa announces school-related employees of the year
Santa Rosa Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen Barber, and members of the Santa Rosa School Related Employee of the Year Selection Committee announced the 2022 school related employees of the year during surprise visits Friday, Feb. 11.
Feb 17, 2022
Ex-Navarre assistant principal named Avalon Middle School’s new principal
Joe Trujillo has served as an assistant principal to Navarre High School for the past six and half years. Before that he served as the Dean of Students at Navarre High for two years. Starting Feb. 11, he is now taking on the role of principal at Avalon Middle School in Milton.
Feb 16, 2022
Southern Raceways opens for season
Track work has been going on in preparation for the 2022 season which includes a 70-foot-wide trace for the entire three-eighths mile circuit. Crews have also worked very hard on problem spots as well as implementing progressive banking all the way around the track.
Feb 16, 2022
Navarre Beach has ‘big parking problem’
“The cars have tripled. The people have tripled. Everything has just grown … “We don’t have enough spots. The island is only so big.” Julie White, director of the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Office.
Feb 15, 2022
Continued dry weather prompts fire danger warning
Officials with the Florida Forest Service’s Blackwater Forestry Center are issuing words of caution as wildland firefighters in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties have responded to nine wildfires in the past week.
Feb 15, 2022
Public hearing slated for Interstate-10 widening
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will hold a hybrid public hearing concerning the I-10 Widening Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Studies from west of State Road (S.R.) 281 (Avalon Boulevard) to west of County Road (C.R.) 189 (Log Lake Road) and from west of C.R. 189 (Log Lake Road) to east of S.R. 85 (Ferdon Boulevard) in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties Tuesday, March 15.
Feb 15, 2022
Milton treatment plant project continues as commissioners approve site analysis
The item, which passed through the consent agenda without objection, would allow Santa Rosa to cede the land to the City of Milton along with the necessary investigation for RIBS viability
Feb 14, 2022
Santa Rosa Black History celebration to feature performance by Florida A&M gospel choir
Citizens Moving Forward is organizing this year’s Santa Rosa Black History event Feb. 27 at the Milton High School Auditorium. The celebration will feature the gospel choir at Florida A&M University.
Feb 14, 2022
Santa Rosa Clerk of Court awarded certificate of excellence
Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Santa Rosa County for its annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2020.
Feb 13, 2022
‘Unknown’ infants at Milton cemetery honored with headstones
The headstones were provided through the City of Milton, with the help of a large donation from Gulf Coast Wilbert, a Crestview company. Private donations also helped.