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The Milton City Council approved a $50,500 environmental fine at its regular meeting last week, while critics used the opportunity to renew their attacks against City Manager Randy Jorgenson.

Once every 10 years or so, Navarre Beach goes through beach nourishment, a process in which sand, lost through erosion, is replaced through other sources.

This can help widen the beach, making it more resistant to the effects of erosion and storms.

The last time Navarre Beach went through this process was 2016 and it was due to happen again in 2026. That was until Hurricane Sally’s impact bumped up the timetable. Now, nearly three years after Sally hit the Gulf Coast, the beach has still not been restored.

The Pace Farmer’s Market has scheduled a grass volleyball tournament to raise money for the siblings who lost their father in a fatal New Year’s Day shooting.
Play with a Purpose is scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at the next Pace Farmer’s Market at Woodbine Baptist Church, 4912 Woodbine Road in Pace.

Residents have begged Santa Rosa County for months to improve code enforcement to prevent erosion damage and water pollution. Last week, the Board of County Commissioners approved increasing landfill fees, including a $1 per ton impact fee to pay for four new compliance officers.

The old ball and chain has been given a new meaning. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson spoke at a news conference about a murder for hire case involving a man and a woman from Pace.
“I think this is my first Valentine’s Day press conference,” Johnson said. “That’s kind of appropriate because we’re going to tell you about a love story.”
“I think this is my first Valentine’s Day press conference,” Johnson said. “That’s kind of appropriate because we’re going to tell you about a love story.”

Milton Gateway investors aren’t worried about U.S. Highway 90 widening.

Atalanta Investment Properties LLC and Kearing LLC own 6776 and 6780 Caroline Street, respectively, and plan to develop the buildings as a joint project to create as many as seven new retail spaces.

Bloodhounds’ natural tracking instincts help them learn to perform their duties. But new Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office K9 recruit Rip displayed a different instinct Thursday after his first day of training: the instinct for bonding.

Craig Kruse, the Destin developer whose projects are remaking East Milton, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. He was 74.

The City of Milton got area Mardi Gras festivities started this weekend with a Kickoff Party Friday and the traditional parade and after party Saturday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Milton Thursday to present a $2.36 million Broadband Opportunity Grant to Santa Rosa County leaders.

The popular Republican governor visited the historic Imogene Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 2, to announce the first Broadband Opportunity Grant Program awards to expand broadband internet for Florida’s underserved communities. The Santa Rosa grant will help bring high-speed internet to 791 homes and businesses in the county. Statewide, the program is committing more than $144 million for 58 projects in 41 counties, impacting almost 160,000 unserved residential, educational, business and community locations.