A TORNADO WATCH is in effect for our area until 5 p.m. today as post-tropical cyclone Arthur is now a trough across SE Texas extending into SW Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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With a flash flood watch in effect until late Friday, Santa Rosa County’s public works department is making sand available at four locations on a first-come, first-served basis as the effects of Tropical Storm Arthur head our way.

Pavement repairs will force lane closures of Garcon Point Road from Sundial Boulevard to Slalom Road beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16.

Forecasters from the National Weather Service office in Mobile, Alabama, say that tropical moisture from the western Gulf could bring up to four inches of rain and flooding over the next three days.

The City of Milton will mark Independence Day and the nation’s 250th birthday with Riverfest 2026, a free family event set for Saturday, July 4, at Jernigan’s Landing and Downtown Milton.

Contractors hitting a main break off Da Lisa Road has forced the Bagdad-Garcon Point Water System issue a precautionary boil water notice.

Santa Rosa County officials sent a traffic advisory to local motorists ahead of a repaving project set to begin on Quintette Road in Pace this Friday.

The Santa Rosa County Commission has a packed agenda for this week, where board members will hear from the public on the renewal of the half-cent sales tax, advocate for improvements to NAS Whiting Field and look to enhance Benny Russell Park and the West Florida Railroad Museum.
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