The University of Florida IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center (UF/IFAS WFREC), Feeding the Gulf Coast, and Waterfront Rescue Mission will once again join forces to celebrate National Farm to City Week Nov. 22 to 29.
On Thursday, Aug. 24, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Brooks Bridge replacement project in Okaloosa County. The $171 million project includes constructing two new parallel bridges over the Santa Rosa Sound to increase bridge capacity and improve traffic flow.
I was sad to hear of the passing of Don Salter. He was on the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners for twenty years and would be there now if he was re-elected in 2020.
He has contributed to the betterment of our county during his time on the commission.
It’s no secret Northwest Florida has been growing. In 2023, Florida became the fastest growing state for the first time since 1957 and the Panhandle has experienced it as well. With a growing population comes a need for good jobs and opportunities in a variety of industries.
The popularity of diving in northwest Florida has grown in recent years. Escambia and Santa Rosa counties just recently deployed two more reefs as part of the Esca-Rosa Regional Artificial Reefs project.
With over 100 diving sites stretched across the Emerald Coast, from Escambia to Gulf County, there are plenty of opportunities for locals and visitors to explore reefs and marine life.
Florida is known as the Sunshine State, but sometimes Floridians can get a little too much sun.
Recently, Miami-Dade County declared a “heat season” similar to hurricane season to raise awareness of the dangers that heat can present to the health and well being of Floridians. Although northwest Florida is about as far from Miami-Dade as you can get without leaving the state, extreme heat still presents dangers along the Emerald Coast.
Preserve Navarre, for the last two and a half years, has been involved in informing our residents and businesses about the path to incorporation for the City of Navarre Beach.
We have held monthly meetings, member socials, presentations to Navarre Beach Leaseholders and to Navarre Beach Area Chambers of Commerce Board.
The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) will launch their free, open-air trolley service along Pensacola Beach this Memorial Day weekend, beginning Friday, May 26.
The 2023 Pensacola Beach Island Trolley, operated by Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT), will run daily from 4 p.m. to midnight through Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 4.
The trolleys help alleviate traffic congestion by allowing visitors to park anywhere and have a convenient way to tour the whole island.
For nearly an hour of the more than three and half-hour school board meeting earlier this month, concerned citizens, most of which were with Moms For Liberty members, spoke on the appropriateness of certain books in Santa Rosa District Schools and questioned the process by which parents can make decisions about the reading material available to their children.
Moms for Liberty claims that there at least 28 books found on the Santa Rosa District Schools website that had sexually explicit or culturally indoctrinating language in them. The group provided three examples including “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas and “Triangles” by Ellen Hopkins, both of which have been targeted by other Moms for Liberty chapters.
