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Santa Rosa County announced the completion of a $1 million living shoreline project at Floridatown Park with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 16, completing a project that officials say will protect nearly 1,000 feet of bayfront from coastal erosion that has steadily damaged it since hurricanes Ivan and Sally.

Discussion on social media about data centers potentially coming to Santa Rosa County has increased in recent weeks, with one county commissioner seeking to introduce a 12-month moratorium on such projects at the County Commission meeting June 22.

A Pace woman arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence allegedly had two children in the vehicle with her at the time.

Two U.S. Navy students stationed at NAS Pensacola were arrested May 2, after deputies responded to a burglary in progress at Sterling Fibers, located at 5005 Sterling Way in Pace, according to an arrest report from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

The Santa Rosa County School District has devised a temporary, cost-neutral transportation plan to help families navigate the split grade-level transition to Soundside High School, Superintendent Karen Barber told the school board April 2.

The University of West Florida men’s basketball team is headed to the Gulf South Conference championship after a 79-72 win over Lee in the semifinal round on Thursday night at the UWF Fieldhouse.

The Pace Center for Girls Escambia-Santa Rosa will host its 13th Annual Men Who Cook fundraiser Sunday, April 19, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Sanders Beach Corrine Jones Resource Center, bringing together amateur and professional male chefs competing to support at-risk girls and young women across Santa Rosa County.

On Monday night, Dec. 8, a few hundred people braved cold temperatures to remember the life of Danika Troy. The 14-year-old was killed earlier this month in what has become a highly publicized murder.