News Archive

On March 27, Santa Rosa County presented a check to the cold weather shelter, Ferris Hill Baptist Church, after a successful annual employee chili cookoff event.

The University of Florida, IFAS and Pensacola State College Milton Campus is having its annual Spring Festival of Flowers on April 4, 5 & 6, 2025. Over one-hundred vendors selling plants from natives to ornamentals as well as various craft and food vendors. The event proceeds will be used for student scholarships, student field trips, and student computer lab needs at the University of Florida, IFAS Milton Programs.

On Tuesday, March 25, a woman was hit and seriously injured by a motorcycle in East Milton.

The historic Urquhart House in downtown Milton campus was moved Wednesday, March 26, to its new location as part of the Milton Train Depot complex, saving it from demolition.

On March 24, Santa Rosa County District Schools announced the Defined Learning Contest Winners. The district created a contest, in partnership with Defined Learning, to celebrate the incredible achievements of their talented educators and the inspiring project-based learning happening throughout the district. Submissions were completed throughout the months of January and February from educators around the district. Submissions were reviewed, and winners were determined by Defined Learning based on the project, student impact, and evidence provided. One submission from each grade band (pre-k/elementary, middle, and high) was selected. 

Hurlburt Field – Airmen and senior leaders gathered at a dorm community kitchen for a 90-minute cooking class focused on personal and professional development at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Feb. 11, 2025.

The interactive event featured a hands-on cooking lesson and provided an opportunity for Airmen to engage with experienced leadership in an informal setting, while learning how to prepare a nutritious, cost-effective meal.

Beginning Thursday, March 27, Hall Road in the Berrydale area will be closed at the bridge over Juniper Creek to allow for bridge repairs. Work will be done during daytime hours. Weather permitting, this project is expected to be completed by April 10.

The FarmHouse Fair event on Saturday, March 22, featured speakers on homesteading, local sellers, food trucks, and music.

Ladies Skill Sharing founder Rachel Wallace hosted the event. She believes the traditional style of providing families with food raised, grown, or foraged from the backyard is a skill that everyone can and should learn.

Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners and the Santa Rosa County Library System will hold a ribbon cutting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, to open the new meeting room at the Pace Library, 4750 Pace Patriot Blvd., in Pace.

A structure fire in rural north Santa Rosa County is now under investigation. At 8:40 p.m. Sunday, March 23, Munson Volunteer Fire and Rescue District were dispatched to a house off New Homestead Road in the McClellan community. When first responders arrived, the found the residence “fully engulfed.”