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Santa Rosa County commissioners on Thursday voted to give firefighters in the county a $1,000 stipend.

Santa Rosa County commissioners has chosen Caldwell Associates Architects to design and engineer the new District One Medical Examiner’s Office.

Santa Rosa County commissioners has chosen Caldwell Associates Architects to design and engineer the new District One Medical Examiner’s Office.

Santa Rosa County went nearly a year without a permanent county attorney, but that changes this week when Thomas Dannheisser steps into the position.

Gulf Breeze-area county commissioner seeks answer to contaminated water woes

Santa Rosa County commissioners are looking to use federal money to address chronic flooding.

Santa Rosa Commissioners on Tuesday opposed increasing the tax on cell phone users. Cellphone users in Santa Rosa County won’t see an increase in the tax on their texts and talking. Commissioners on Tuesday night opposed an increase in the Communications Services Tax that would have increased the tax $1.80 per year. The move followed a 5 p.m. public hearing in the commission meeting room at the county administrative complex in Milton, off U.S. 90. District 2 Commissioner Bob Cole said the pr...

Santa Rosa officials updated on oil-spill money

A recap of decisions from Tuesday's Santa Rosa County Commission meeting.

View Comments Homebuilder Edwin Henry threw both Santa Rosa County and the city of Milton for a loop Tuesday when he made a surprise last-minute offer to donate hundreds of acres of his own land for the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in Milton.  But while County Commissioners were almost giddy at the idea of Henrys offer — "I think this is an amazing development," said District 1 Commissioner Sam Parker — Milton City Manager Randy Jorgenson wasnt immediately sold on the i...