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According to Santa Rosa County Economic Development, Santa Rosa County is the eighth fastest growing population in Florida with 203,752 current residents.

Of current residents, approximately 23.6% are between the ages of zero and 19. With rapid growth occurring in Santa Rosa the school district is forced to contend with ever evolving facility needs.

Pensacola International Airport (PNS) has announced three new nonstop flights starting later this year. Travelers from Northwest Florida will now have access to destinations like Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

A working fire was reported earlier today at Popeye’s restaurant in Tiger Point. Crews from Midway Fire District, Escambia County Fire Rescue and Holley Navarre Fire District responded to the fire.

The overnight rain Feb. 18-19 brought more red clay down the drainage ways from behind Damon Drive Cottages and fed it into Mulat Bayou. The residents nearby say there are no solutions in sight and no help on the horizon.

Barksdale Air Force Base, La. – It’s no accident Tech. Sgt. Anfernee Morgan and Staff Sgt. Gage Babbs earned simultaneous cadre positions this year at the Integrated Defense Leadership Course, an Air Force Reserve Program that prepares Security Forces personnel for combat environments.

The votes were counted and winners announced at the Holley Navarre Water System annual meeting and election. Carmen Reynolds finished first in the vote tally with 240 votes, while Pame-la Hardy finished second with 217 votes and incumbent Daryl Lynchard claimed the last board spot with 214 votes. Directors Joe Campbell and Don Linnell were replaced. There were 181 absentee ballots cast, 32 proxies and 10 corporate ballots for businesses who have a representative voting on their behalf. That was the simple part of the night.

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Amnesty Day will be held Saturday, March 8, 2025, from 8 a.m. to noon at the South Santa Rosa Service Center, 5841 Gulf Breeze Pkwy. in Gulf Breeze. This event allows residents to dispose of HHW at no charge without having to drive to the Central Landfill in Milton.

The Florida Department of Health and Students Working Against Tobacco, support the banning of not just cigarettes at public parks, but all tobacco use. At the county commission meeting Feb. 10, they shared why.

A year after developer Bob Benaquis’ Town Center Project hit a roadblock at a zoning board meeting, forcing the project to go in a different direction and withdraw its rezoning application, his project has a new look.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Florida of the March 17 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by the severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes that occurred May 10, 2024.