Code complaint shuts down small business
Violating the Santa Rosa County zoning code can come back to bite you. No one knows that better than Milton resident Joshua Pittman, who as of Thursday night, June 23, had to shut down his business and sole source of income.
County gives go ahead for new private-school campus
A rezoning to allow a private school to be built in Navarre was passed to roaring applause at the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners’ rezoning meeting May 26.
Take a walk through history at Bagdad Mill Site Park
The Bagdad Mill Site Park, a grassy space on the bank of Blackwater River and Pond Creek, has been named a Florida Heritage Site, an honor awarded to only six locations in Santa Rosa County.
Middle schools get an upgrade
Middle-school students will be returning to updated kitchens and cafeterias this August thanks to a roughly $1 million renovation at Holley-Navarre and Gulf Breeze middle schools.
Teen takes the helm during Gulf rescue
The Blue Water Escape Charter boat Charles Garrett Stone and his father, Charles Samuel, are taking out to the Destin Pass sways back and forth in the choppy waves of the Gulf of Mexico.
Rescue team hired for Tiger Point Golf
Repairs of the irrigation system for the parched fairways and greens of Tiger Point Golf Club are underway by a new subcontractor as questions remain about the performance of the consulting firm that leased the facility last October.
Middle-schoolers score high on ACT, SAT
The Santa Rosa County School Board honored 39 seventh-grade students Thursday, June 10, for achieving state recognition in the 2016 Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP).
Grant money brings big entertainment to Santa Rosa for 2016-17
The Santa Rosa County Tourism Development Committee (TDC) approved $61,225 in grants Tuesday, June 7 to fund 18 events such as festivals, 5Ks, concerts, parades and even butterfly tagging in the county.
Pooler readies to blast off to space camp
Jason Pooler turned in his application for the Air Force Services Activity Advanced Space Academy-Aviation Challenge on deadline day back in April.
Public restroom shortage questioned again
The need for public restrooms in Santa Rosa County recreation facilities has gained attention from county commissioners for the second time in less than a month.













