The Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization will hold a public workshop beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce, 4315 Avalon Boulevard in Milton. The TPO will be collecting public input to help update the 2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan.
The City of Milton on Friday responded to two agencies threatening to cancel almost $9 million in federal grants for the city’s wastewater treatment project. All it can do now is wait.
The Santa Rosa County School Nutrition Association will host its first-ever golf tournament beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at Tanglewood Golf and Country Club in Milton.
Area Royal Ambassadors, Girls in Action and Children in Action groups are invited to participate in a Children’s Missions Outdoor Fun Day from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Camp Paquette in the Blackwater River State Forest. To register and for more information, go to flbaptist.org/events.
The dangers of fentanyl have been well documented. According to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), overdoses from opioids like fentanyl are the leading cause of death in adults aged 18 to 45. Northwest Florida’s Medical Examiner’s Office (district one) was named #1 in per capita opioid deaths in the state last year.
Santa Rosa County Commissioner James Calkins said he couldn’t support reappointing Dr. Deanna Oleske as the District 1 medical examiner because of “controversy” she’s been involved with in Escambia County.
Hurlburt Field will be relocating a Cabin Only Fuselage Trainer (COFT) to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, on March 1, 2024. The move is set to start at approximately 6:00 a.m. from Hurlburt’s perimeter gate and may impact traffic for some early-morning commuters near the installation at that time.
Randy Jorgenson is back on the job. The Milton City Council and Jorgenson agreed to a six-month consulting contract Tuesday and the retired former city manager said he’ll start Thursday.
AURORA, Colo. (AFNS) – To best optimize itself for Great Power Competition, the Air Force plans to, among other things, bring back warrant officers within the cyber and information technology professions, said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin during a presentation Feb. 12 at the Air Force Association’s 2024 Warfare Symposium.
