Oct 2, 2023
Milton eliminates wastewater sprayfields from permit request
An engineer for the City of Milton has removed spray fields from plans to dispose of treated wastewater on a vacant parcel of land near the Blackwater River in East Milton.
Oct 2, 2023
Council approves $46 million budget at 5-minute special meeting
It took just more than five minutes last week for the Milton City Council to approve the millage rate and budget for Fiscal Year 2024.
Oct 2, 2023
Milton to implement part of teen’s fentanyl awareness plan
Milton city staff are working out details of a fentanyl awareness campaign to explain the drug’s dangers.
Riley Perantoni, a Gulf Breeze High School junior, on Thursday, Sept. 21, asked the City of Milton Council to consider a resolution he drafted outlining a program to combat fentanyl-related deaths.
Oct 2, 2023
County considers expanding I-10 industrial park
Santa Rosa County Economic Development Director Shannon Ogletree has asked the Board of County Commissioners to buy 13 acres adjacent to the Northwest Florida Industrial Park @ I-10 to provide room for expansion.
Oct 2, 2023
Pace’s first veterinarian retires after 32 years
Milton Realtor Pam White bought her first dog, Max, a golden retriever, in 1990, the same year veterinary Dr. Michael Mongue opened his practice in Pace.
“He was my first veterinarian and the only veterinarian I’ve used,” White said Thursday, Sept. 28, at a reception celebrating Mongue’s retirement. After Max came Thunder, Tucker, Buddy and Maggie. Why did White remain so loyal?
“He’s the only person I know that gets down on the floor and plays with every dog that comes in here,” she said. “We’re certainly going to miss him.”
Sep 28, 2023
Court orders justification for FPL rates
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday said state regulators did not adequately justify approval of a settlement that increased base electric rates for Florida Power & Light and ordered a new explanation.
Justices, in a 4-2 opinion, sent a battle about the settlement back to the Florida Public Service Commission, saying regulators in a 2021 decision did not meet a legal requirement of showing why the agreement “is in the public interest and results in rates that are fair, just and reasonable.”
Sep 26, 2023
FEMA, FCC plan nationwide emergency alert test for Oct. 4.
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) at 1:20 p.m. (central time) Wednesday, Oct. 4.
The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 1:20 p.m. CT/2:20 p.m. ET Wednesday, Oct. 4.
Sep 25, 2023
Santa Rosa County wins $6.4 million grant for Whiting taxiway project
Santa Rosa County has received a $6.4 million grant to help build a taxiway and apron connecting NAS Whiting Field and Whiting Aviation Park.
Sep 25, 2023
Share Your Heart: Volunteer chaplains offer emotional, spiritual and physical aid
“Sometimes the right thing to do is nothing at all,” the Rev. William Wright, pastor at Bible Way Baptist Church and, for about 18 months, the director for Share Your Heart’s Northwest Florida Circuit. “Sometimes people just need somebody to talk to; to vent.” According to its website, the Share Your Heart program “recruits, trains […]
Sep 25, 2023
Agreement would let county industrial parks use city sewer
A proposed interlocal agreement between the City of Milton and Santa Rosa County would allow the county to pump untreated wastewater from its industrial parks on State Road 87 South into the city’s sewage system, which already is near capacity.