When clicking some items on the Santa Rosa County website, you’ll find that instead of just taking you to your requested page, a pop-up appears. It looks inconspicuous—a simple white box with black text, two options pictured at the bottom: DO NOT SHOW AGAIN or CLOSE.

What begins as curiosity in the classroom can become innovation in a lab – specifically when guided by the right mentors.

Eglin interns shared the results of their six-week Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics journey July 31 during a project showcase for 96th Test Wing senior leadership and community partners.

The 2025 recreational bay scallop season for the Gulf County Zone (including all of St. Joseph Bay) opens Aug. 16 and will remain open through Sept. 24. This region includes all state waters from the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the westernmost point of St. Vincent Island in Franklin County.

At the Aug. 12 Milton City Council meeting, the council officially voted to approve an agreement between the city and Milton Professional Firefighters (I.A.F.F. Local 2994) to give the firefighters an 8.25% pay raise starting Oct. 2025.

Santa Rosa County is undergoing a PD&E Study in an effort to create a Navarre Community Access Road. A virtual project update is currently available online at www.santarosa.fl.gov/1033/Navarre-Community-Access-Road.

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.