The cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will open Fri., Feb. 18 and Sat., Feb. 19 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton.

Those who would like to stay at the shelter must arrive between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Only service animals (with verification of rabies vaccination) are permitted to stay with guests. No one will be admitted after 8:30 p.m. unless brought in by law enforcement. The shelter closes at 7 a.m. each morning.

Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to help assess gaps in reliable internet service throughout Santa Rosa County.

“He grew up in the shadow of his brother Charles Jiminez, who at 17 was the youngest member of the Seattle Mariner’s baseball team to be drafted. Will wanted to emulate his brother’s accomplishments, and I always knew that his optimism and enthusiasm for whatever he took on would one day allow him to achieve his dream.”

Joe Trujillo has served as an assistant principal to Navarre High School for the past six and half years. Before that he served as the Dean of Students at Navarre High for two years. Starting Feb. 11, he is now taking on the role of principal at Avalon Middle School in Milton.

Track work has been going on in preparation for the 2022 season which includes a 70-foot-wide trace for the entire three-eighths mile circuit. Crews have also worked very hard on problem spots as well as implementing progressive banking all the way around the track.

“The cars have tripled. The people have tripled. Everything has just grown … “We don’t have enough spots. The island is only so big.” Julie White, director of the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Office.

Officials with the Florida Forest Service’s Blackwater Forestry Center are issuing words of caution as wildland firefighters in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties have responded to nine wildfires in the past week.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will hold a hybrid public hearing concerning the I-10 Widening Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Studies from west of State Road (S.R.) 281 (Avalon Boulevard) to west of County Road (C.R.) 189 (Log Lake Road) and from west of C.R. 189 (Log Lake Road) to east of S.R. 85 (Ferdon Boulevard) in Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties Tuesday, March 15.

I wish I could go back to the simpler days,” she texted. No, honey. No, you don’t.