Sep 9, 2024
Affordable housing apartments in Milton now accepting applications
A five-year project meant to provide affordable housing inside the city of Milton is nearly move-in ready.
Sep 6, 2024
Jubilee on the agenda Monday at special zoning meeting
For nearly two decades, the idea of a Jubilee development — which would bring thousands of homes, new schools, parks and more to Pace — has been discussed, revamped and reorganized, but it’s never actually come to fruition.
Sep 6, 2024
Meiss, McKee to face off for Ward 2 seat
Roxanne Meiss is running for re-election this November for Milton City Council Ward 2 position. Larry McKee is facing off against Meiss and is hoping to serve on the council for the first time.
Sep 5, 2024
Milton makes decision on its recycling program
After months of discussion, the city of Milton officially voted unanimously on Sept. 5 to cut its recycling program, though discussions on possibly privatizing the service remain ongoing. The program would end at the start of the fiscal year in October.
Sep 5, 2024
Precautionary boil water notice for customers of Bagdad – Garcon Point Water System
A main break has occurred and/or a loss of pressure has been experienced.
Sep 5, 2024
Development plans for Florida State Parks meet backlash
The 2024-2025 Great Outdoors Initiative meant to increase public access, recreation and lodging at Florida State Parks has been met with mixed emotions and backlash since it was announced by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Aug. 19.
Sep 5, 2024
Snow, Leek both see wastewater treatment plant as top priority
Jeff Snow is hoping to serve a third term on the Milton City Council representing Ward 3, but he’ll have competition in November from Robert Leek, a former councilmember.
Snow has served for the last eight years, while Leek was appointed to fill the other Ward 3 seat on the council in 2021 but narrowly lost to Gavin Hawthorne in an election for the seat in 2022.
Sep 4, 2024
Dominate the spectrum: 350th SWW enables EW capabilities for Ukrainian F-16s
The 68th Electronic Warfare Squadron recently collaborated with their Danish and Norwegian counterparts in support of the delivery of F-16s from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine, as announced by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier last month at the NATO Public Forum.
Sep 4, 2024
Would raising salaries help Milton’s PD fill vacancies?
The starting pay for Milton police officers is less than most surrounding departments in Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Escambia counties.
Sep 3, 2024
C-130’s First Flight 70th Anniversary
Members of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s C-130 Program Office gathered for a group photo with an AC-130A Spectre Gunship on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on the 70th anniversary date of the C-130’s first flight, which occurred on August 23, 1954.