Don’t miss FREE Dumpster Days this week in Milton!
October 16, 2023
Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful hosts event at historic Jones House
October 6, 2023
42nd Annual Homemakers Holiday Fair set for Oct. 7
October 4, 2023
Make plans now to attend the 42nd Annual Homemakers Holiday Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 7 at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium, 4530 Spikes Way in Milton. The Homemakers Holiday Fair features a variety of handmade gifts and decorations from local and regional crafters. Door prizes will be given away as well.
‘Culture of Life’ conference planned at St. Sylvester’s in Navarre
October 4, 2023
The Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee will host the annual Florida Culture of Life Conference – “A Eucharistic Way of Reconciling Love” – Friday and Saturday, Oct. 13-14, at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Navarre.
Triumph Gulf Coast awards Santa Rosa District Schools $9 million for Innovation Center
October 3, 2023
Santa Rosa District Schools on Monday, Oct. 2, announced that Triumph Gulf Coast has awarded the district a $9-million grant to create the Santa Rosa Center for Innovation, “a cutting-edge, STEAM-powered Career and Technical Education Learning Hub.”
Milton eliminates wastewater sprayfields from permit request
October 2, 2023
An engineer for the City of Milton has removed spray fields from plans to dispose of treated wastewater on a vacant parcel of land near the Blackwater River in East Milton.
Council approves $46 million budget at 5-minute special meeting
October 2, 2023
It took just more than five minutes last week for the Milton City Council to approve the millage rate and budget for Fiscal Year 2024.
Milton to implement part of teen’s fentanyl awareness plan
October 2, 2023
Milton city staff are working out details of a fentanyl awareness campaign to explain the drug’s dangers.
Riley Perantoni, a Gulf Breeze High School junior, on Thursday, Sept. 21, asked the City of Milton Council to consider a resolution he drafted outlining a program to combat fentanyl-related deaths.
County considers expanding I-10 industrial park
October 2, 2023
Santa Rosa County Economic Development Director Shannon Ogletree has asked the Board of County Commissioners to buy 13 acres adjacent to the Northwest Florida Industrial Park @ I-10 to provide room for expansion.
Court orders justification for FPL rates
September 28, 2023
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday said state regulators did not adequately justify approval of a settlement that increased base electric rates for Florida Power & Light and ordered a new explanation.
Justices, in a 4-2 opinion, sent a battle about the settlement back to the Florida Public Service Commission, saying regulators in a 2021 decision did not meet a legal requirement of showing why the agreement “is in the public interest and results in rates that are fair, just and reasonable.”