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Santa Rosa County residents have a new way to access county information and report maintenance issues.

A 30-year-old Pace man accused of stealing Smokey Bear signs from a series of state parks last year has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of theft of government property.

Santa Rosa County leaders are nearly $4 million short of a balanced budget for the next fiscal year, and county officials say there is no easy fix.

For the sixth consecutive year, the Santa Rosa County School District earned an A rating from the state.

With little discussion and no members of the public speaking on the issue, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on June 29 to renew a local option six-cent gas tax for the next ten years.

As fireworks sales ramp up ahead of Independence Day, Milton Fire Chief John Reble is urging residents to leave the pyrotechnics to the professionals.

A Pace man has pleaded guilty to eight counts of bank fraud, one count of embezzlement of labor union funds and three counts of falsifying labor union reports, according to a July 1 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.

With the stroke of a pen, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed about $2.2 million in local projects championed by State Rep. Nathan Boyles, R-Baker, for Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties, including equipment for three North Okaloosa fire departments and a footbridge that would have closed a gap on the Florida National Scenic Trail.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Pilot, Cole Ward has not accepted to date the proposed settlement agreement. In a statement issued by Industrial Helicopters, LLC, they refute and contest the purported violations contained in the Administrative Complaint and have requested an informal hearing before the allegations can be confirmed or disproven. 
A helicopter pilot who reportedly sprayed herbicides along a Florida Power & Light right of way in East Milton faces $20,100 in fines, and a year of probation, after state investigators found that he conducted improper spraying practices.

The City of Milton has fired its chief financial officer, ending a nearly 19-year career and capping weeks of public dispute over a six-figure accounting discrepancy, a months-long computer outage and a contentious payroll system transition that Curtis Krebs says set the stage for his dismissal.