The Santa Rosa County Library System, with the help of the grants department, has been awarded a $100,000 grant to be used for a digital literacy program by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), Office of Broadband under the Digital Connectivity Program. The program will include the purchase of laptops for patron use and for a mobile computer lab.

The Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners, the city of Milton and NAS Whiting Field signed an intergovernmental agreement on June 13 that will allow the two local governments to provides services to the military.

Qualifying has ended for local elections in Santa Rosa County, and the good news is that voters will have plenty of choices at the ballot box. The bad news is that registered voters are going to have plenty of homework to do in order to get to know all these candidates.

There will be two Calkins on the ballot this year in Santa Rosa County.

Since 2005, Florida Sea Grant has worked with conservation partners in the Florida Panhandle to look for a rarely seen animal known as the diamondback terrapin. These creatures are a type of aquatic turtle which lives in brackish water and can be found in the salt marshes of bays and estuaries.