Santa Rosa County

Registered voters in the Holley-Navarre Fire District will vote on whether to increase fees for fire and rescue services.

Ray Eddington and Dean Light are candidates in the race for Santa Rosa County Commission District 4 , which Universal Primary Contest that will be decided on Primary Election Day.

Santa Rosa County held the first of two public hearings this week on a proposed ordinance imposing a 12-month moratorium on large scale data centers. Commissioners hears from several residents, who pressed them for an outright ban instead.

Santa Rosa County celebrates the completion of a new living shoreline project at Floridatown Park on Escambia Bay. The project is designed to protect the shoreline while enhancing local habitat and water quality.

The Santa Rosa County Commission is adding new environmental protection and land conservation to the ballot measure asking voters to renew the county's half-cent sales tax for roads and infrastructure.

Santa Rosa County commissioners are considering a proposal to carve out a portion of future sales tax revenues for farm conservation, but delayed a vote until they get more data on voter attitudes about the Local Option Sales Tax, which is up for voter renewal this fall.

The Buffalo Rock Company is celebrating the grand opening of its new Santa Rosa Campus. The more than 350,000 square-foot facility, located in the Northwest Florida Industrial Park near I-10, will create 150-200 jobs and relocate 200 positions with above average pay.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners have approved the sales contract to secure and protect 27.57 acres of environmentally sensitive Soundside property in Gulf Breeze.

Santa Rosa commissioners will vote Thursday on the purchase of two partial parcels to construct a stormwater retention pond in the Five Points area. The drainage pond is pivotal to continuation of the Woodbine Road Improvement Project on the north end of the congested roadway.

Santa Rosa commissioners are looking at options for establishing a dedicated funding source for land conservation in the county.