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Personal mulch pile becomes county dilemma

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on February 24, 2021. Posted in News.

One person’s very large mulch pile is a next-door neighbor’s rat- and termite-infested heap of danger.

Self-inserted into the dispute between adjacent property owners was the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners second-guessing a code violation citation issued by the county Code Enforcement Department.

Holley by the Sea fines county $1,000 for yard violations

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on February 23, 2021. Posted in News.

It has been almost two years since Santa Rosa County bought a house in Holley by the Sea. Officials didn’t set out to buy the house.

The county bought the property for $275,000 because it was prone to flooding.

Editorial: Eight words that changed the county

Written by Staff Reporters on February 16, 2021. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

Eight words and at least two months of argument that revealed political fissures, real or imagined, between the north and south ends of Santa Rosa County and pitted science against business might have come to an end.

It is anticipated that the county commission will vote 5-0 during a Feb. 25, 2021 meeting to drop a proposed amendment to the Comprehensive Plan that would have allowed more or new borrow pit mining above a protected drinking water reservoir that serves tens of thousands of people.

County delays borrow pit vote

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on February 11, 2021. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County commissioners will not vote Feb. 25 on whether to repeal key wellfield protections as anticipated. Instead, county staff discussed the matter to the board at the Feb. 9 work session.

Shawn Ward, the county planning and zoning director, confirmed the agenda change Thursday.

County delays borrow pit vote

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on February 4, 2021. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County commissioners will not vote Feb. 25 on whether to repeal key wellfield protections as anticipated. Instead, county staff will bring the matter to the board at the Feb. 9 work session to ask for further direction.

County’s historical gem in funding crisis

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on January 27, 2021. Posted in Community.

It’s been more than two years since then-Governor Rick Scott vetoed archeological funding that helped keep Arcadia Mill running.

Since then, it’s been a struggle.

By the numbers: County unemployment rates

Written by News Service of Florida on January 25, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity on Friday released a December unemployment report. Here are the county-by-county unemployment rates:

— Osceola County: 8.7 percent

— Miami-Dade County: 7.3 percent

Florida deaths top 25,000; Local two-county tally at 683

Written by News Service of Florida on January 23, 2021. Posted in Florida News.

More than 25,000 Florida residents have died since the COVID-19 pandemic hit early last year, according to numbers released Friday by the state Department of Health.

The department reported a major increase Friday of 272 resident deaths, bringing the total to 25,011. Florida also passed another troubling milestone this week, when it topped 9,000 deaths of residents and staff members of long-term care facilities — with the vast majority involving seniors in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Water district to county: We need more information

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on January 22, 2021. Posted in News.

The Northwest Florida Water Management District can’t evaluate the impact of the proposed repeal of protections in the county’s comprehensive plan without “additional data and analysis,” according to a letter dated Jan. 19.

Website subscribers can read the full article and letter below.

FWC charges 4 with illegal deer harvest in Walton County

Written by Staff Reporters on January 21, 2021. Posted in News.

In February 2020, FWC officers received information of illegal deer harvest that was taking place at night on private property without landowner permission.