Each year, Santa Rosa District Schools gather members of the school board, Santa Rosa Education Foundation and the community together to surprise the pick for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. This year, the group ventured to Allentown to announce Christal Bennett, Central School’s band teacher, as the district’s best.

A new property owner hopes to build a native nursery and urban farm in Holley and an established Navarre neighborhood wants to stop a neighbor from building an 80-unit apartment complex overlooking their single-family homes.

A state-of-the-art, 200-meter outdoor parabolic speedskating track garnered rave reviews after its competitive debut earlier this month.

The Milton City Council has a difficult decision to make: Saddle the city with massive debt, find partners to share costs, or scrap plans to build a new wastewater plant and pay Pace Water System to take the city’s raw sewage.

Meredith Sowell, a member of the Pace High School Class of 2013, knew as a teen she wanted to own her own bakery. She began living that dream in December, when she opened The Makery Bake Shop at 4857 West Spencer Field Road.

Hill Air Force Base, Utah (AFNS) – F-35 Lightning II maintenance experts at Hill Air Force Base are taking on a seemingly impossible task – stitching two mishap damaged aircraft together into a restored, fully operational F-35.

The Milton City Council last week unanimously passed a resolution opposing the original draft of House Bill 1485, which would create a regional utilities authority, one day after Santa Rosa County Commissioner Colten Wright said the county is considering changes to its franchise agreements.

When some people hear the word, “snake,” it often elicits responses such as screams or shivers up the spine. While a fear of snakes, which sometimes manifests itself in ophidiophobia, a more intense fear of snakes, may be common, it doesn’t negate the fact they are here.

Santa Rosa Education Foundation has announced the three finalists selected from five semifinalists for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to Christal Bennett, Central School, Rhonda Waters, Milton High, and Angela Fulton, Woodlawn Beach Middle.  

The Florida House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed the Cassie Carli Law, sponsored by Rep. Dr. Joel Rudman, R-Navarre. The bill would protect at-risk parents in child custody exchanges.