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Suicide CAN be prevented

Written by Staff Reporters on September 29, 2016. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

Lia Wolfe was 16 years old when she almost died by her own hands. On a cold day in February 2013, she felt so alone and isolated that she wrote a suicide note and took action with the intent to never wake up again. Wolfe almost became one of the more than 30,000 people in the United States who kill themselves every year. This is why September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

Six figures for Gomillion’s new assistant is typical

Written by Staff Reporters on September 29, 2016. Posted in News.

The $115,000 annual salary for the new position of assistant to County Administrator Tony Gomillion is prompting questions and criticism.

Legal undertow engulfs shoreline neighborhood

Written by Staff Reporters on September 29, 2016. Posted in News.

Yard signs urging “Stop City of Gulf Breeze Land Grab” are popping up along quiet streets in this affluent community where such public proclamations are usually in support of police, the Blue Angels or Republican candidates.

US Highway 98 expansion a “done deal”

Written by Staff Reporters on September 22, 2016. Posted in Community.

The Florida Department of Transportation is going to expand U.S. Highway 98 to three lanes on each side, but the details are still in the works.

Prosecutor drops Broxson probe

Written by Staff Reporters on September 22, 2016. Posted in News.

The state prosecutor in Tallahassee has closed his investigation into a complaint that State Sen.-elect Doug Broxson violated a campaign law involving special interest groups during his successful race against Mike Hill.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on September 15, 2016. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

The Songwriters Beach Blast will be held at Juana’s Pagodas this weekend. See their ad for the details of this free event.

Sugar Dunes leaseholders left in limbo

Written by Staff Reporters on September 15, 2016. Posted in News.

Even the most aggressive bill collectors must sometimes resign themselves to writing off some debts.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on September 8, 2016. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

Santa Rosa County raised the percentage of voters actually voting in the 2016 primary more than 10 percent from 2014 to 2016. I’d like to say congratulations – except that is still only one in four eligible voters – voting. At least it is a step in the right direction. So in 2014, less than 15 percent of eligible voters chose the elected officials we have now. That is a sobering thought. (I will not use my circling the toilet bowl comment because someone might use it out of context like he did the last time – and continues to do so.)

No property tax increase seen for courthouse

Written by Staff Reporters on September 8, 2016. Posted in Community.

Santa Rosa County residents won’t have to pay higher ad valorem taxes because they rejected the referendum to fund a new county courthouse in downtown Milton with a temporary sales tax increase.

Pain, suffering still lingers 15 years after 9/11

Written by Carmen Reynolds on September 8, 2016. Posted in News.

None of us can ever forget where we were on that fateful day, the indelible images burned in our minds. Sept. 11, 2016 is the 15th anniversary of 9/11, the most cataclysmic terrorist attack on American soil, resulting in the loss of 2,996 lives, and injuring more than 6,000 others.