News Archive

On Jan. 7, Jason English swore in to his new position as the Clerk of Court for Santa Rosa County.

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas – Tiffany Zaloudek became the first female survival, evasion, resistance, escape specialist to earn the rank of chief master sergeant, the highest enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force, Nov 1.

When floating down Blackwater River before, it is hard to ignore the abundance of pine trees in the area. The native tree is known as the longleaf pine and grows across the southeast from Southern Virginia reaching all the way to Texas. In what was formerly known as Mill Town, the city of Milton has a long history with the tree with the scales of give and take in a continuous fluctuation.

Santa Rosa County Public Safety urges residents to be prepared for the cold weather that will settle in late Monday (Jan. 6) through Tuesday (Jan.7) by remembering the 5 P’s of cold weather safety.

On Jan. 6, the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners recognized Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District as the Florida Beach Patrol of the Year 2024.

While two local staples, Grover T’s BBQ and Ollie’s Neighborhood Grill, closed their doors in 2024, a new local restaurant just opened, Andy D’s Roadhouse.

On Friday, Dec. 3, Andrew DeMartin and his wife, Lacey, celebrated the opening of their second restaurant, Andy D’s Roadhouse, which is located off Hwy. 90 at the former Grover T’s BBQ location. The couple opened their first restaurant, Andy D’s, in Navarre in 2023 and did better than they could have hoped for.

Santa Rosa County is growing well past its infrastructure and in the past year has added more than 1,812 lots to its housing base.

Milton received heavy rainfall after the Christmas holiday and the effects of development on Mulat Bayou are impossible to deny.

Florida Power and Light (FPL) has announced new rates are on the horizon for customers. The company, which supplies much of the electricity to homes and businesses in northwest Florida, plans to file a formal request to set new rates once its current base rate agreement concludes at the end of 2025. The agreement is with the Florida Public Service Commission.

The Next Generation Aircrew Protection team performed innovative vapor purge testing on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, from June 24 to December 6, 2024.