News Archive

There are many ways and places to celebrate our 250th Independence Day.

Every helicopter pilot in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard earns their wings in Santa Rosa County. Not most of them. All of them.
That single fact sits at the center of NAS Whiting Field, and it hints at a scale most locals never realize.

It has been more than 10 years since Eglin Air Force Base opened its gates to the public for an air show. In April 2027, that will change.

With the June 12 deadline passed, the list of candidates running for office in Santa Rosa County during the August primary has been set.

The city’s outside auditors said June 18 that cash reconciliations were left incomplete for nearly all of fiscal year 2025, a failure traced to Chief Financial Officer Curtis Krebs, who was placed on paid administrative leave earlier this month. The issue has delayed the annual audit and placed the city at risk of losing state revenue-sharing funds.

A private school’s bid to expand its Milton campus with new classrooms was denied on June 22 after the Santa Rosa County Commission unanimously rejected the proposal, citing location and traffic concerns.

Central Landfill towers over the surrounding area in the Galt City section of Milton.

A permitted site for processing trash since 1978, Central Landfill handles thousands of tons of material daily and averages about 500 customers per day.

School is a little over a month away and the Santa Rosa County School District, along with the United Way of West Florida, is once again asking for school supplies during their annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign.

A precautionary boil water notice has been announced for Bagdad-Garcon Point Water System. The notice affects Winwood Lane.

Santa Rosa County emerged largely unscathed after the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur swept through the area last week, dumping several inches of rain, prompting the county to activate the Emergency Operations Center to level two status.