Santa Rosa County Commissioners are scheduled to discuss Thursday whether to change the way the public gives input during meetings.

A proposed resolution on the agenda for the Jan. 7 meeting requires citizens to notify the county in advance if they wish to speak during a meeting.

The Holley-Navarre Water System board of directors decided at their monthly meeting in December to intensify their campaign against the county’s decision to lift key wellfield protections.

The new HNWS CEO, Dr. Dallas Peavey Jr., will lead the effort.

You never know what you’ll find during a walk on the beach.

Sand dollars, seashells, driftwood or debris. You might spot a sea turtle trolling along parallel to shore or have to dodge a shore fisherman’s thin shimmering line. You might see crabs or jellyfish or baitfish along with surfers, swimmers and paddleboarders.

No Santa Rosa County department is quite as visible as Public Works. Citizens come face-to-face daily with the roads, drainage and parks managed by this department. And they notice when work needs to be done.

“Public Works is the face of a lot of what happens in the county,” said county commission chairman Dave Piech.

Less than 24 hours after officials announced nearly 5,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines would be administered locally, Theresa and Ron Ivie were in the waiting room at the Florida Department of Health in Milton.

The Gulf Breeze couple, who are 73 and 74, met the requirement of being at least age 65.

In the early weeks of the pandemic, there was one item everyone wanted and no one could find – hand sanitizer.

Shelves were empty. Online sales were back-ordered. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer was recommended to help protect individuals from the new virus.

Six years ago, newlywed Tammy Kuss ended up on a “little rock in the Pacific Ocean” known as Guam with her military husband.

Friends and family were 3,000 miles away, and she had to learn how to transition from life as a single woman to sharing everything, including a home.