Jun 18, 2015
FWC commissioners set to cast final vote on bear hunting
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will meet in Sarasota Tuesday through Thursday of next week for a final vote on creating a limited season for bear hunting.
Jun 18, 2015
Jayer Williamson takes helm of regional transportation board
Santa Rosa County District 1 Commissioner Jayer Williamson June 10 was named chairman of the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO).
Jun 18, 2015
Conflict between tourism staff, committees continues
In spite of an anticipated record season for local tourism, the on-going stress among county tourism staff and the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC) committee members continues.
Jun 18, 2015
Community Foundation of NWF donates to CIC
The Community Foundation of Northwest Florida showed support to Children in Crisis by donating $2,000 to help feed, clothe and care for the more than 100 children each year that will call the CIC Neighborhood home.
Jun 11, 2015
Sertoma Family Fishing Rodeo 25 years strong
The Gulf Breeze Sertoma Family Fishing Rodeo celebrated its 25th anniversary over the weekend with more than 300 anglers participating in the two-day event at Shoreline Park.
Jun 11, 2015
Flag Day 5K in memory of those killed in Black Hawk crash
The Columbiettes and Knights of Columbus at Saint Sylvester Catholic Church are hosting their fifth annual Flag Day 5K Run Walk Saturday, June 13, at 7:30 a.m. at the church.
Jun 11, 2015
Radio Hams offer public demo of emergency communications
Despite the Internet, cellphones, email and modern communication, each year entire regions find themselves in the dark. Tornadoes, fires, storms, ice and even the occasional cutting of fiber optic cables leave people without the means to communicate. In these cases, the one consistent service that has never failed has been amateur radio.
Jun 4, 2015
Commissioners to discuss upcoming budget
The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners will host a pre-budget workshop Tuesday, June 9, at 1:30 p.m. in the commission meeting room, 6495 Caroline St. in Milton. The meeting offers the board and other constitutional officers an opportunity to ask questions and discuss issues that may impact the upcoming 2015-16 budget, which runs on a fiscal year of Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.
Jun 4, 2015
Woman attributes long life to positivity
Martha Fredrickson blew out the handful of candles on her birthday cake at the Bay Breeze Nursing and Retirement Center in Gulf Breeze and joked that her lungs are still pretty strong.
Jun 4, 2015
Food bank provides kids free meals this summer
Bay Area Food Bank is partnering with local community organizations to offer free meals to children across the Florida Panhandle this summer through the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The program is supported by the United States Department of Agriculture and is designed to fill the nutritional gap left when children are out of school during summer months and do not have access to free or reduced price meals.