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Retention wall fails, sends cascade of red clay into Santa Rosa Sound

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on April 13, 2021. Posted in News.

The contractor for a new development on the Santa Rosa Sound has been fined for allowing an illegal discharge into the waterway. Red clay colored the waterway along the shoreline after a retaining wall apparently was breached.

New minimum wage challenges county coffers

Written by Brian Lester on April 9, 2021. Posted in News.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners discussed potential financial setbacks that Florida’s new $15 minimum wage could bring to the county.

Beach safety proves top priority of county, and we agree

Written by Staff Reporters on April 7, 2021. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

Spending taxpayers’ dollars at any level is a decision sure to spark a reaction. We all have our own perspectives on what government – at all levels – should and should not spend money on.

County gets green light to improve Navarre traffic flow

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on April 6, 2021. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County officials got the green light Tuesday morning to upgrade the traffic lights at the intersections of U.S. Highway 98 with the Navarre Beach Causeway and State Road 87.

New CDC guidelines won’t lead to changes within county schools

Written by Brian Lester on March 22, 2021. Posted in News.

Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines in the classroom, that decision won’t impact the Santa Rosa County School District.

Zone approved for county’s newest school

Written by Kaitie Kiger on March 17, 2021. Posted in Education.

The new school being built on Elkhart Drive, one block west of Edgewood Drive, is the topic of discussion amongst many Holley by the Sea parents.

Schools are crowded and Santa Rosa County school board members agree a new school like East Bay K-8 is necessary in Navarre.

Santa Rosa quilting guild warms up firefighters

Written by Brian Lester on March 16, 2021. Posted in Community.

Down time really isn’t a thing for the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild.

Its latest project reached a new group Friday morning.

By the numbers: County unemployment rates

Written by News Service of Florida on March 16, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

The state released a report Monday showing that Florida’s unemployment rate declined in January to 4.8 percent. Here are county-by-county rates:

— Miami-Dade County: 8.1 percent

— Osceola County: 7.0 percent

County strategic planning underway, citizens to be involved

Written by Staff Reporters on March 6, 2021. Posted in News.

The County Commissioners met on Feb. 23 to try and map a road forward for the County for the years to come.

County leases mass vaccination site

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on February 25, 2021. Posted in News.

The Santa Rosa County Board has leased the former Bealls store at 6209 Highway 90 West in Milton’s Parkmore Plaza to become a mass
vaccination site.

County administrator Dan Schebler signed the paperwork last week under the COVID-19 Local State of Emergency that’s under effect. Commissioners formally supported the action Thursday.