The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board approved rezoning 500+ acres of Rural Residential Agricultural (AGGR) land to Single Family Residential (RR1) during their Aug. 14 meeting, following intense debate and amidst community criticism of agenda item 14, Case 2025-2-RLS.
Santa Rosa County hosted a CivicCon event on Aug. 12. The event was held by CivicCon, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the community “a better place to live, play, work, and invest through smart planning and by driving unparalleled and continuing community engagement,” according to their website. The county was responsible for hosting the event, and provided a space for the meeting after the organization reached out expressing interest in a Santa Rosa County event.
The lights are up in the Santa Rosa Community Theatre, the curtains pulled back, actors in plain clothes instead of costumes as they run through their lines. The seats in the theater are empty, not yet ready for an audience but awaiting opening night, when the lights go down and the curtain will open on the theater’s latest play.
The University of West Florida recently celebrated the grand opening of Building 80, a newly-remodeled space that will house the institution’s new civil engineering program and Tyler Chase Norwood Construction Management Program on UWF’s Pensacola campus.
A Milton area convenience store clerk went from behind the cash register to behind bars after he sold a vape to a minor.
Md Islam, 38, is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Team Eglin participants gathered at the University of Florida’s Research and Engineering Education Facility for Software Defined Radio Day, a hands-on workshop fostering continuous learning and technical innovation under a combat innovation initiative July 21.
Normally, when you see several police cars with their red and blues on, excitement isn’t the first word that comes to mind. On August 5, the Milton Police Department and Santa Rosa County first responders aimed to change that.
CareerSource ESCAROSA, in partnership with Santa Rosa Economic Development, presents the 2025 Honoring Our Heroes Career Fair. The career fair will take place from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 14 at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium, 4530 Spikes Way in Milton.
Locklin Technical College’s Heating, Ventilation Air Conditioning/Refrigeration building is tucked away in an unassuming corner on campus. It’s plain: dark brick, the number 15 signifying the building number on its corner, a red and white sign telling you what program is held inside. From the outside, you wouldn’t think anything about the building. It would just be one of many on the campus; inside, however, is where the magic happens.
According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, approximately 45.5% of American households own at least one dog. If this includes you, picture your dog. Maybe it’s a thirteen-year-old chihuahua, maybe it’s a rottweiler puppy. Either way, recall a fond memory with your dog. You come home to them every day. Sometimes, they greet you at the door. Sometimes you sleep in the same bed.
