A woman once pulled into the food pantry at Woodbine Church in a car newer than most, and pantry coordinator Ed Dean watched people notice.

An online petition urging a proposed YMCA in Pace to include a community pool is being aimed at Santa Rosa County officials, but the county’s planning director said the design decision rests with the nonprofit, which has not yet bought the land.

Santa Rosa County has received a low bid of more than $8.3 million for the proposed Navarre Beach Boardwalk, a project that has dominated public comment at county meetings for nearly a month.

Escambia and Santa Rosa counties have partnered to deploy hundreds of new reefs in the Gulf to further enhance marine ecosystems and fishing opportunities for locals and tourists combined.

Santa Rosa County Animal Services will cut adoption fees to $10 for cats and dogs from Sept. 18-30 as part of a national adoption drive sponsored by the BISSELL Pet Foundation.

A planned ice rink in Pace could break a cycle that has kept hockey stuck in limbo around Northwest Florida for years: too little ice to grow, and too small to draw the attention needed to get more.

Paid parking returns to downtown Pensacola on Oct. 5, ending the free parking period that the city put in place during the renovation of Palafox Street.

Mayor Heather Lindsay proclaimed September as Suicide Awareness Month during a City Council meeting Sept. 8, presenting a proclamation to Pastor Bill Wright of Share Your Heart of Northwest Florida.

Santa Rosa County commissioners agreed Sept. 8 to move forward with amending the county’s land development code to require an agricultural exemption before landowners in agricultural zoning districts can clear land without a permit.

With the approval of the consent agenda at the Sept. 10 Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners meeting, officials will approve the final $7.6 million contract for the Milton Interchange Park Wastewater Treatment Plant, which will push total costs above $34 million.