Stories from Sanitation: Sisters share garbage truck, trash routes
Sisters Destiny Salter and Priscilla White wake up every morning in their shared home in Milton around 5 a.m. They get ready, hop in their car and head to the Adams Sanitation headquarters to prepare for their day.
Water crisis topic of special meeting
The Coalition for Santa Rosa’s Water Future will conduct a social-distanced presentation addressing Santa Rosa’s current water crisis. It will be held this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at 6 p.m., at 8418 East Bay Boulevard in Navarre. Parking is limited and overflow is across the street at ServePro.
Creative solution set for substitute teacher shortage
With quarantines and school leave a routine matter in local schools, Santa Rosa County Superintendent Karen Barber and her staff have come up with a unique way to keep classrooms staffed.
Schools to unveil COVID-19 tracking dashboard
By early next week, parents and community members interested in the spread of COVID-19 in Santa Rosa schools should have an easy way to view the data.
Crews battle brush fire after officials warn against outdoor burning
On a day when officials warned against the dangers of outdoor burning, firefighters battled a brush fire on Sunset Drive in Navarre Friday afternoon.
Superintendent names new West Navarre Primary principal
Santa Rosa School District Superintendent Karen Barber has named a new principal for West Navarre Primary School.
Commissioners postpone public comment decisions
Proposed regulations to impose structure on Santa Rosa Board of Commissioner meetings were tabled last week after commissioners and citizens expressed concerns with the first drafts.
The resolutions would standardize everything from who could add last minute agenda items to how long citizens would be allowed to speak at public meetings.
First replacement bridge deck concrete pour completed
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) contractors poured concrete for the first new bridge deck needed to repair the Pensacola Bay Bridge Wednesday, January 13. Bridge decks are the portion of the structure that connect two pier locations to form what is referred to as a bridge span.
Two-vehicle accident occurs on Garcon Point Road and I-10
Florida Highway Patrol responded to a two-vehicle accident at 11 a.m. Thursday at County Road 191 (Garcon Point Road) and Interstate-10.
A vehicle traveling eastbound across Garcon Point Road in an attempt to pull onto the entrance ramp of I-10 East.
Sheriff’s office: FDLE report incorrect, missing key data
When the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) released its semiannual crime report recently, Santa Rosa County’s numbers were skewed.
The sheriff’s office had originally submitted four months of data for 2019 instead of six.
















