The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to return an additional $1 million to offset its increase in the upcoming fiscal year budget, County Administrator Brad Baker told Santa Rosa County Commissioners at a committee meeting Aug. 25.

Santa Rosa County commissioners agreed at their committee meeting Aug. 25 to advance a plan committing half a million dollars in county conservation funds toward farmland easements.

Santa Rosa County voters flipped one seat on the Santa Rosa County School Board during the Florida primary on Aug. 18, with the race over who will hold that seat moving to the November general election.

Santa Rosa County voters ousted both sitting commissioners on the ballot during the Florida primary on Aug. 18, completing a turnover of four of the board’s five seats in four years.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners adopted a 12-month ban on large-scale data centers and other high-demand users in the county’s unincorporated areas, pausing new applications while county staff study potential effects on the local area.

Santa Rosa County students return Aug. 10 to a district coming off an “A” rating and to a school year Superintendent Karen Barber says is one of the most expansive in recent memory.

Heart attack patients in Santa Rosa County don’t have to be rushed across the bay into Escambia County for life-saving treatment. Santa Rosa Medical Center now provides 24/7 emergency cardiac catheterization.

Santa Rosa County officials are moving forward with a proposal that would turn an unused portion of East Milton Park into a BMX track, a project some elected officials and local residents believe could put Santa Rosa County on the map for competitive cycling.

Santa Rosa County leaders are nearly $4 million short of a balanced budget for the next fiscal year, and county officials say there is no easy fix.

Santa Rosa County could become the first county in Northwest Florida to halt any development of artificial intelligence data centers, at least until June 2027.