Brooks East developers still can build 85 homes on a 23-acre parcel between U.S. Highway 98 and Santa Rosa Sound in Navarre, but the Santa Rosa County Commission squashed plans for commercial development in a 2-acre strip along the highway.

Tallahassee – Florida’s aerospace agency wants to expand its role from helping companies finance rocket and satellite projects to more directly getting money into the hands of firms seeking to move burgeoning technology to the launch pad.

There has been quite a bit of controversy over the past couple years surrounding the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially around vaccines.

Earlier this year, unvaccinated service members were forced to separate from the military. One of these people was Jordan Karr.

Homelessness is a pervading issue in the United States, particularly in American cities, but one group that suffers from homelessness often gets overlooked.

Most people think of those with substance abuse issues or other problems as comprising a large portion of the homeless population, but senior citizens comprise half of the homeless population across the United States, according to one report published in The Gerontologist in 2016.

In the classic baseball movie “Field of Dreams,” a voice in the corn famously told Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella “If you build it, he will come.”

Joey Harrell, the Santa Rosa County School District’s assistant superintendent of administrative services, said at a workshop last month that Florida schools are guided by the opposite edict when planning any expansion: “When they come, we can build it.”

Santa Rosa County Public Works has some new tools that they hope will improve efficiency in dealing with stormwater pipes and drainage systems throughout the county.

Stormwater issues have become one of the most prominent issues on the minds of Santa Rosa County citizens and leaders.