A citywide, year-round curfew for anyone under 17 will go before the Pensacola City Council, with Mayor D.C. Reeves pushing back on the assumption that the proposal is a response to a recent downtown shooting.

The Santa Rosa County School Board voted unanimously July 28 to eliminate the public committee that decided whether challenged library books stayed on school shelves, handing that decision to the superintendent.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners is set to meet twice next week as it discusses possible loans to a local fire district, sets the upcoming mosquito control budget and approves a contract to resurface a county road in rural Santa Rosa.

Here are three things you need to know ahead of the meetings.

The City of Milton announced that those interested in running for City Council can qualify for the upcoming November election until Aug. 10.

Santa Rosa County candidates have raised over $300,000 this election cycle, with five candidates holding more than half of all the funds raised as early voting begins.

As the Aug. 18 primary election approaches, campaign finance reports show how much candidates have raised and spent in Santa Rosa County’s county commission and school board races. The following totals reflect the most recent campaign finance filings.

This weekend, a nearly 150-year-old tall ship will dock at Palafox Pier.

The Elissa, which was launched in 1877, will be in Pensacola from Friday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 9. This marks the third time in the ship’s history that it has sailed into Pensacola, once in 1886 and again in 2018.

The City of Milton is exploring the idea of asking the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners to adopt an ordinance on local tethering laws.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners approved changes to the county’s right-of-way rules July 23, giving the county the new ability to deny permits and requiring contractors to document their plans to reduce damage to public property.

Families in Santa Rosa County can begin applying for free and reduced-price school meals for the upcoming school year when the district opens its online portal Friday, July 31.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners adopted a 12-month ban on large-scale data centers and other high-demand users in the county’s unincorporated areas, pausing new applications while county staff study potential effects on the local area.