Residents will have the chance to speak their minds as the Santa Rosa County Commission begins deliberations on a proposed one-year moratorium on data centers at 8:30 a.m. July 9 in the Santa Rosa County Commission boardroom.

Randy Roy is paid, in part, to think about a war that hasn’t happened yet and the pilots who’ll fly it.

With little discussion and no members of the public speaking on the issue, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on June 29 to renew a local option six-cent gas tax for the next ten years.

With the stroke of a pen, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed about $2.2 million in local projects championed by State Rep. Nathan Boyles, R-Baker, for Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties, including equipment for three North Okaloosa fire departments and a footbridge that would have closed a gap on the Florida National Scenic Trail.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Pilot, Cole Ward has not accepted to date the proposed settlement agreement. In a statement issued by Industrial Helicopters, LLC, they refute and contest the purported violations contained in the Administrative Complaint and have requested an informal hearing before the allegations can be confirmed or disproven. 
A helicopter pilot who reportedly sprayed herbicides along a Florida Power & Light right of way in East Milton faces $20,100 in fines, and a year of probation, after state investigators found that he conducted improper spraying practices.

The City of Milton has fired its chief financial officer, ending a nearly 19-year career and capping weeks of public dispute over a six-figure accounting discrepancy, a months-long computer outage and a contentious payroll system transition that Curtis Krebs says set the stage for his dismissal.

There are many ways and places to celebrate our 250th Independence Day.

A decade after having the worst opening one could imagine, the Coastal Wrestling Federation (CWF) has grown into one of Northwest Florida’s most consistent independent wrestling promotions, and its presidents says the formula is simpler than it might seem.

A private school’s bid to expand its Milton campus with new classrooms was denied on June 22 after the Santa Rosa County Commission unanimously rejected the proposal, citing location and traffic concerns.

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.