Students and staff at Woodlawn Beach Middle School were surprised by a caravan of teachers and administrators from around Santa Rosa County on Jan. 27 when Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick came to present the Teacher of the Year award to Jeffery Baugus.

  Due to construction to the base pedestrian bridge, a section of U.S. Highway 98, located directly in front of Hurlburt Field, will be closed Sunday, Feb. 5, beginning 12:01 a.m.

  Santa Rosa County commissioners selected their appointees that will serve on the economic development transitional committee during their regular board meeting this morning.

Ginger Eisele, president of the Navarre Garden Club holds up a Savannah Holly tree while District 4 County Commissioner Jim Melvin shovels in the dirt around it on Jan. 20 at the Holley-Navarre Senior Association.

District 2 County Commissioner Bob Cole is not concerned that The Pier, Inc. has not submitted a business and operations plan a year and half into its contract with the county.

The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners once again denied TEAM Santa Rosa's request to extend its economic development contract for another six months.

According to evaluations completed by the Santa Rosa County commissioners, County Administrator Hunter Walker is, on average, meeting their expectations.

Santa Rosa County School District is ranked No.2 out of 67 school districts in the state of Florida.

Students from Woodlawn Beach Middle School are preparing to compete against some of the best spellers in the panhandle at the 36th Annual Sandy Sansing Chevrolet/Nissan/BMW/Mazda/ Mini Spelling Bee in Pensacola Jan. 26.

The Rudzki brothers weren't looking for awards or accolades when they opened Juana's Pagodas and Sailors' Grill in 1989.

 Three locations in the Santa Rosa County Library System are once again AARP Tax-Aide Sites.

In perhaps their best showing of the year, the Navarre High School girls soccer team defeated fifth-seeded Crestview by a 4 – 0 score in the district tourney played at NYSA on Jan. 16.

The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber of Commerce has announced its support of the Midway Fire District's upcoming referendum vote on Jan. 31.

Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council voted to allow the north end committee to spend $2,000 to create a separate website that will focus solely on north-end tourism activities.