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Take the test! Help determine county internet access

Written by Staff Reporters on February 18, 2022. Posted in News.

Businesses and residents are asked to complete a broadband speed test developed by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) to help assess gaps in reliable internet service throughout Santa Rosa County.

County going somewhere bad in a handbasket

Written by Staff Reporters on February 17, 2022. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

I see where in the Navarre Press of 1/20-26/2022 the Santa Rosa County “Zoning Board” is doing what the (Censored) in the “South Santa Rosa (Navarre) County want to do.

In effect they are “Killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg.”

Judge decides ‘essential requirements of law were not followed’ when Santa Rosa canceled Adams Sanitation hearing

Written by Ben Johnson on February 1, 2022. Posted in News.

First Judicial Circuit Court of Florida Judge Darlene F. Dickey ruled that the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners must hold a quasi-judicial hearing for Adams Sanitation after it was canceled.

A hearing was scheduled between the trash hauling company and the commissioners for Sept. 9, 2021, for Adams to appeal the commissioners’ decision to deny their trash collection permit.

Three key county employees resign

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on January 29, 2022. Posted in News.

After several months of relative stability, Santa Rosa County is again facing staffing challenges, with three of its top employees resigning in the last few weeks.

James Cook, the interim head of Public Works, Chris Phillips, the head of Development Services, and Erica Grancagnolo, the associate director of the Economic Development agency have all resigned.

New school leaders appointed in south end of county

Written by Kaitie Kiger on January 25, 2022. Posted in Education.

Santa Rosa County School District has a few new leaders, ready to serve the students, the staff and the community.

“This is the most important job that I believe I as a superintendent have is to identify, recruit and retain great leaders for our school district,” Barber said. “And these leaders are going to help our employees, our teacher, our students to be successful, and so it just brings great pleasure to me.”

Zoning board recommends denial for another Santa Rosa RV Park

Written by Ben Johnson on January 23, 2022. Posted in News.

Gary Bishop and Robert Preston requested a conditional use on behalf of Sany Creek RVP, LLC to allow an RV Park on a 20-acre Milton parcel during the Jan. 13 zoning board meeting.

Meet Brad Baker: County leader cares deeply, works hard

Written by Staff Reporters on January 13, 2022. Posted in News.

Brad Baker has been dedicated to the well-being of Santa Rosa County residents since he was 18 years old, when he ran across his first structure fire on the way to meet a friend to go hunting. From then on, he was hooked. He also started working at the county’s 911 center that same year, when it was housed in a closet at the courthouse and had one 911 operator on-site at night.

Four arrested in Santa Rosa felony traffic stop on interstate

Written by Staff Reporters on January 7, 2022. Posted in News.

On Jan. 7 just after 9 a.m., the Flagler County, Florida Sheriff’s Office contacted the Florida Highway Patrol’s Tallahassee Regional Communication Center) in reference to a vehicle their agency was tracking that was occupied by suspects wanted in an ATM theft from their jurisdiction, according to a media release. That theft occurred at about 3 a.m. Friday morning.

Okaloosa-Santa Rosa needs true green transportation

Written by Brian Lester on January 5, 2022. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

Happy New Years!

We keep being told “be more green, conserve energy, reduce CO2, stop using fossil fuels etc.” We’re told the solution, in transportation, is to go electric. I disagree! The most green is the 100+ year old super affordable Bicycle.

Clerk of courts audit: Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful ‘has seen better days’

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on December 15, 2021. Posted in News.

A Keep Santa Rosa Beautiful (KSRB) audit conducted by an investigator with the Clerk of the Circuit Court concluded that the organization has “seen better days” and that it is unable to pay its bills.

KSRB is the umbrella organization for the Panhandle Butterfly House (PHB), which has floundered since relocating from Navarre Park to make way for renovations. KSRB funds have always been kept separate from PHB, the audit notes.