Financial woes enveloping the Navarre Beach Pier manager, Coastal Concessions, are prompting Santa Rosa County officials to demand two months of past-due admission fees by Dec. 11 amid questions about whether the company’s previous payments were properly used.

Six years in the making with input from dozens of Santa Rosa County residents, emergency officials and engineers, the new Local Mitigation Strategy poses 45 ways to reduce the impact of flooding: from landscaping low areas for better drainage to requiring that new construction be elevated.

The cost of substitute teachers in the Santa Rosa County school system will rise an estimated 8.5 percent this year to $1.8 million, probably the largest annual increase ever, but officials say that could be a bargain.

Milton – Santa Rosa County officials are promoting from within for the next county administrator.

Gulf Breeze is feeling the pinch of cuts in voluntary revenue sharing by Santa Rosa County, which city leaders have recently cited as a rationale for raising water and sewer utility fees in the coming year.

Temperatures are forecast to drop into the 70s this weekend just in time for a full slate of activities for Week 3 of the 12th Annual Beaches to Woodlands Tour of Santa Rosa County.

Additional taxes for Santa Rosa County residents are almost certain, but when is isn’t.