News Archive

No one succeeds by trying to be the next Silicon Valley.

For the residents of Bernath Place, a single-lane bridge along Seneca Trail is their lifeline.

Blackwater River State Forest is getting bigger.

Eglin Air Force Base – During a deluge of rain, 21 explosive ordnance disposal technicians from seven bases across the Air Force ran a mile and a half to the gym and completed a timed 1,000-meter row.

Although county commissioners have said for years that cleaning up Santa Rosa Sound is a top priority, the water utility they control will apparently keep putting treated sewage effluent into the bay indefinitely.

Conversations about development in Santa Rosa County often turn to concerns from neighbors about flooding and the natural waters that flow throughout the county.

Thunderheads rolling through the area are being blamed for two fires that severely damaged homes in Navarre this week. 

Santa Rosa County students now have their own version of Crime Stoppers, and the program has already saved lives, said Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Rich Aloy. 

More than 400 jobs could be coming to Santa Rosa County as yet another tenant plans to open shop at the nearly vacant Northwest Florida Industrial Park @ I-10.

East Bay Boulevard residents awaiting completion of a county sidewalk can still expect several months of delay before work continues, but Santa Rosa County officials have hit key milestones.