Santa Rosa County Archive

Santa Rosa County is proposing to reformat its Land Development Code to make it easier to maintain and use, though county officials say no development regulations would be changed.

Crime scene technicians with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office say the biggest difference between the real world and what people see on “CSI: Miami” comes down mostly to time.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners followed the recommendation from the county’s zoning board, denying a request to rezone 503 acres off Berryhill Road for a subdivision and neighborhood shopping area that county staff said could hold as many as 2,000 homes.

Opponents of the proposed Navarre Beach boardwalk dominated the public forum at the Santa Rosa County Commission meeting on Sept. 22 in Milton, pressing commissioners on the project as a public workshop is now less than a month away.

Santa Rosa County Commissioner Ray Eddington told residents opposed to a proposed Navarre Beach boardwalk that they were hypocrites and suggested they leave the county toward the end of a public comment period at a Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners agenda meeting Sept. 8.

Santa Rosa County will receive $525,000 in state grants to design an expansion of Whiting Aviation Park and to buy land near NAS Whiting Field to protect the base from encroachment, according to a news release from Santa Rosa County officials.

Santa Rosa County could become the first county in Northwest Florida to halt any development of artificial intelligence data centers, at least until June 2027.

R.C. Pittman described his decision to run for Santa Rosa County Commission as less of a political move and more of a divine directive, and is one of six qualified candidates on the District 2 ballot.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners took the first step on May 21 in fixing a dangerous intersection that has frustrated drivers and been the location of many car accidents in the Five Points area.

Santa Rosa County officials say progress on a long-discussed effort to widen U.S. Highway 90 could help accelerate the project, but the proposal continues to raise questions about traffic congestion through Milton’s historic downtown and the potential impact on older buildings along the corridor.