Santa Rosa County

A ribbon-cutting will be held Friday, Nov. 21 for the new VetCV Mission Next Center at the Pensacola State College Milton campus. The military and veterans resource center will be the first for Santa Rosa County and the first of its kind in Florida.

Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are getting a new Regional Traffic Management Center that will use technology to enhance traffic flow and improve safety on roadways in the two counties.

Rural Roots Day, to be held Saturday in Jay, honors the importance of agriculture in Santa Rosa County.

In an unusual move, an inmate scheduled to be executed this month in the 1998 sexual assault and murder of a Northwest Florida woman has decided not to fight in court.

Santa Rosa County is now studying the feasibility of constructing two aquatic centers in the county, at a combined cost of over $42 million. Recommendations include a larger competitive swimming facility in the south end, with a smaller facility aimed at recreational swimming activities in the central portion of the county.

Leonardo Helicopters US, a world leader in aerospace, defense and security, opens a new 73,000-square-foot maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Whiting Aviation Park in Santa Rosa. The company is expected to generate new high-wage jobs and boost the local economy.

The Santa Rosa County Commission is set to adopt an updated ordinance that establishes a new fee schedule that is more consistent and provides for escalating redemption fees after the third time.

Col. Patrick Dierig, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, advises Santa Rosa County commissioners that traffic congestion on U.S. 98 is a threat to their mission and asks for more help to address the gridlock.

The discovery and required removal of state-protected gopher tortoises from the site has temporarily halted Santa Rosa County's $5 million Pine Blossom Road Drainage Project north of Milton.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a list of vetoes last week as he signed the state’s budget into law. One of the local programs affected by the cuts is the newly established Santa Rosa County Veterans Court. The program has lost a full-time position and is running on a “shoestring” to keep serving veterans.