The new helicopter maintenance facility built by Leonardo DRS at the Whiting Aviation Park will bring jobs, county tax dollars, and put Milton on the map.

Chumuckla Highway will experience intermittent lane closures Wednesday, Nov. 13, and Thursday, Nov. 14, for Thermoplastic road striping. Lane closures will be during the operating times of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for both days. The portion of the roadway impacted by these intermittent closures begins just in front of Alyssa’s and ends just south of the Victorian Manner Assisted Living Facility.

Eglin Air Force Base — Dress blues, brightly colored ribbons, mirror-shined shoes and polished chrome sparkled as the formal Airman Leadership School graduation ceremony returned Oct. 17 for the first time in seven years.

MILTON – The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA), in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), announced Naval Air Station Whiting Field’s Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) department as the Grand Plaque Recipient for the 2024 National Gold Medal Award, Excellence in Park and Recreation Management in the Armed Forces Category.

A new pilot program intends to make it easier for military families to find childcare.

A mailer backing four incumbent candidates in the Milton City Council race featured the wrong organization’s logo and name, not those of the actual endorser.

Eglin Air Force Base – With the low rumble of Air Force fighter engines echoing in the distance, four and then eight motorized propellers of two unmanned aerial systems (UAS) buzzed to life in an open field of the Eglin Test and Training Range Oct. 8.

Over a century after welcoming its first visitors, the Jones House on Henry Street continues to thrive as a popular gathering place — both for the Panhandle Butterfly House, its current occupant, and, as some claim, the spirits of those who lived there long ago.

While the Navy base prepares for the upcoming Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola 2024 Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow, there will be no public access to the installation Oct. 31.

The city of Milton received a letter from the auditor general’s office Oct. 22, detailing 11 preliminary findings from a state audit initiated by Sen. Doug Broxson.