A main break has occurred and/or a loss of pressure has been experienced. 

The start of the new school year is just around the corner. Students in Santa Rosa County will return to class on August 11, leaving less than a month before the semester begins.

Santa Rosa County welcomes public input and review of the third proposed amendments to the Multi-Year Implementation Plan (MYIP) that was initially accepted by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Gulf Coast Restoration in May 2017 and was first amended in September 2019. A second amendment was approved in 2021. A 45-day public review and comment period will be held before the third amended plan is submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. 

The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor an area of low pressure moving through the Florida Panhandle from Tallahassee to Panama City.

“You learn something new every day,” says the familiar adage. My joy is found in learning something new in things familiar.

Santa Rosa County may experience heavy rainfall resulting in flooding from Invest 93L. According to the U.S. National Weather Service Mobile Office, local impacts will be dependent on whether this system stays near the coastline or stays out over the Gulf and may include:

A main break has occurred and/or a loss of pressure has been experienced. 

A Pace man was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail Wednesday, July 9, for his involvement in a drug-related death.

Jimmy Robinson, 28, is charged with homicide. According to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, an investigation across multiple years found Robinson responsible for the overdose death of a person in 2023.