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MILTON — Here's a look at upcoming events in Santa Rosa County and surrounding areas. UPCOMING  Pensacola Numismatic Society Annual Coin Show MILTON — From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday Aug. 4 and 5 the Pensacola Numismatic Society Annual Coin Show will take place at the Santa… Continue reading Santa Rosa Community Briefs

MILTON — Displaced residents of Westgate Mobile Home Park are making progress finding new places to live.
Santa Rosa United Way is helping tenants with the unexpected cost of moving using disaster …

MILTON — Congressman Matt Gaetz hosted a congressional field hearing Monday on the mission of Naval Air Station Whiting Field, addressing questions and issues regarding its importance to national def…

PENSACOLA — Six months ago, Florida wetland officials reported the abandonment of 15 miniature pigs on Avalon Boulevard to animal control. Since it was not a typical stray animal complaint, the offic…

MILTON — According to the city of Milton’s public information officer Pamela Holt, two 4 foot nuisance alligators were spotted at the bayou, south of boat launch at Carpenter’s Park. New caution sign…

PACE — An early morning fire at the Dollar General located at 4439 Highway 90 in Pace caused an estimated $50,000 of internal damage.

"It went out as a fire alarm at 2:38 a.m.," Pace Fire and Resc…

MILTON — Citizens, veterans, and current military took to the Frank W. Dahlinger golf course at Naval Air Station Whiting Field June 1, 2015 for the course’s last tournament ever. That Monday was the…

MILTON — It was 1943, a significant year for the Navy’s aviation community. The United States’ war machine was in full production. In fact, by year’s end, 11 fleet and four light carriers were commis…

MILTON — During World War II, in the rural fields of Milton, a small outlying field named Naval Auxiliary Air Station Whiting Field began its primary mission—producing the military’s best-trained avi…