Feb 9, 2017
Couple withdraws Chumuckla Highway property rezoning request
MILTON — Bobby and Janis Simmons withdrew their request to rezone property they own on Chumuckla Highway for a borrow pit, which construction companies use for digging dirt for use on a main construc…
Feb 8, 2017
Night, illegal hunting among Fish and Wildlife violations
MILTON — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission filed these cases recently in Santa Rosa County:
Officer Hutchinson received information about someone who harvested three antlerles…
Feb 8, 2017
Santa Rosa residents graduate, make dean’s list
MILTON — Santa Rosa County residents have earned these academic honors:
Jordan Reannon Remington of Navarre graduated with a degree in occupational therapy from James Madison University during th…
Feb 8, 2017
Pace sports training facility breaks ground
PACE — The Clubhouse All Sports Training Facility broke ground Saturday on what founders say will be a 19,500-square-foot facility with a two-acre outdoor training ground including a baseball infield…
Feb 8, 2017
Spreading their wings
Editor’s Note: This continues our Celebrate Community series on Santa Rosa County nonprofit organizations that improve residents’ quality of life. MILTON — Northwest Florida Modelers Inc. seeks to ex…
Feb 8, 2017
Half-cent sales tax vote approaches
MILTON — Santa Rosa County voters on March 28 will have the opportunity to decide on continuing a half-cent sales tax for the Santa Rosa County School District.
District authorities plan to use the…
Feb 8, 2017
Milton to combat feral cat problem
MILTON — The Milton Executive Committee wants to curb the city’s feral cat problem. It's starting with a sign informing the public it is illegal to release cats into the wild, punishable by a fine up…
Feb 6, 2017
Rummage sale to benefit West Florida woman
NAVARRE — A Big Benefit Rummage Sale, featuring breakfast, is coming this weekend to the Holley Navarre Seniors Center.
The event is set 7 a.m. to noon Feb. 11 at 8476 Gordon Goodin Lane, across fr…
Feb 6, 2017
Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce honors past, present members
The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce hosted 134 people at its 2017 Annual Awards and Installation Banquet, themed "The Wild West," on Jan. 27.
Attendees enjoyed a cocktail reception before th…
Feb 6, 2017
Gulf Power, facing wide-scale retirements, focuses on rebuilding workforce
PACE — The Pace Rotary Club recently welcomed guest speaker Kristie Kelley, workforce development coordinator for Gulf Power.
Kelley shared her role in finding and developing talent solutions for t…