Residents of Santa Rosa County lined up for free trees April 22 during a combined Earth Day and Arbor Day celebration at Bagdad Mill Site Park, with most of the supply gone by midmorning.
As Florida lawmakers gathered April 28 for a special session to consider a new congressional map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the debate landed close to home for with the area’s state senator filing the bill and local Democrats firing back.
When Rose Boyd climbs into the family car, she asks if she can bring a book with her. When she’s home, she straps on her skates and glides around the house with a Kindle in her hand. For her, reading isn’t a habit, it’s a lifestyle.
The Milton City Council took its first steps on April 23 toward overhauling how the city charges for natural gas services, with staff proposing higher installation fees, a new monthly minimum charge, and a phased rate increase. All aimed at putting the city’s gas utility on sustainable financial footing.
For 50 years, the T-28 Trojan aircraft has stood at the corner of Stewart Street and Park Avenue outside Milton High School, a fixture of the city’s landscape since the nation’s bicentennial in 1976. Whether it will remain there is now an open question.
Money is already flowing into Santa Rosa County’s 2026 election races, with candidates tapping local businesses, private individuals, and their own wallets to fund campaigns for races that will be decided this August.
A new outdoor and firearms retailer has opened in Milton, taking over a location that had been vacant after its previous owner closed. The new owner said the businesses are not connected.
The Milton City Council heard a proposal April 23 that would require owners of vacant and abandoned properties to register with the city and pay escalating annual fees.
After hours of pointed arguments, emotional appeals and tense deliberation, the Santa Rosa County School Board voted April 22 to give district teachers a fully recurring 2% salary increase, ending months of failed negotiations and leaving union leaders relieved.
