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County, Sheriff’s Office take down drug den to make way for affordable housing

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on September 29, 2023. Posted in Community, Crime, News.

According to the District One Medical Examiner’s Office, which covers the four westernmost counties in Florida, northwest Florida has the highest number of overdoses per capita in the state. A large part of the issue is the flow of illegal narcotics.

To combat this, Santa Rosa County and the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office have stepped in to take down a drug house, literally. On Wednesday, Sept. 20, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office held a news conference/demolition event at 5912 Congress St.

County holds millage steady, approves $251.3 million budget

Written by Ken Garner on September 25, 2023. Posted in News.

The Santa Rosa County Commission unanimously approved keeping the 2024 millage rate at 6.0953 at its special budget meeting Tuesday, Sept. 19, which will generate about $98.4 million in property tax revenue. Commissioners also unanimously adopted a total budget of $251,355,646 for the budget year beginning Oct. 1.

Cook: County to advertise RFPs for old courthouse

Written by Ken Garner on September 11, 2023. Posted in Milton, News.

Santa Rosa County staff members are preparing a request for proposals about what to do with the old courthouse in downtown Milton, according to County Administrator DeVann Cook.

A look at Santa Rosa District Schools’ student transportation

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on September 5, 2023. Posted in Education.

With Santa Rosa County schools back in session, there is more school bus traffic on the road. Around 16,000 students are being transported daily across 174 bus routes across the district.

Classroom library availability different school to school, says Santa Rosa District Schools

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 21, 2023. Posted in Education, News.

There are several hundreds of thousands of books in Santa Rosa District Schools, according to Ruth Witter, the district’s coordinator of libraries. Over the past year, the school district has been working to review and vet books available to students in accordance with several laws passed in the past two years by the Florida state legislature.

County swim teams dive into new season at relay meet

Written by Brian Lester on August 17, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Santa Rosa County swim teams got some preseason work in on Tuesday in a preseason relay meet at the Pullum YMCA in Navarre.

Navarre, Pace and Milton all competed at the meet on a hot and humid afternoon. Gulf Breeze was there as well.

K9s Dozer and Prince retire from Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on August 10, 2023. Posted in Community, News.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office recently saw two members of its K9 unit retire. K9s Dozer and Prince each are saying goodbye to police work after spending most of their lives in service to the county.

Dozer began with the Sheriff’s Office in a distinctive way.

County honors Constitutional Essay contest winners

Written by Ken Garner on August 2, 2023. Posted in News.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners at a meeting last week honored five middle and high school winners of the Central Santa Rosa County Republican Club’s 2023 Constitutional Essay Contest.

Santa Rosa Baptist Association serves as a ministry multiplier

Written by Ken Garner on July 24, 2023. Posted in Faith.

Jim Waters is the “associational mission strategist” for the Santa Rosa Baptist Association.

What does he do? Whatever he can do to help the association’s 38 member churches and their pastors.

Help wanted: Santa Rosa still hiring staff for 2023-24 school year

Written by Ken Garner on July 12, 2023. Posted in Education, News.

Santa Rosa County District Schools have almost 200 vacancies to fill three weeks before teachers return to the classrooms, but district officials aren’t worried – yet.