Emerald Coast Times

Recent News About County of Santa Rosa (FL)

• BISSELL Pet Foundation Announces Winter “Empty the Shelters”

  SRCAS will participate Dec. 5-11, at 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton, offering $5 adoption fees for adult cats, dogs, kittens and puppies.

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• Animal Services to host a drive-through microchip clinic

  Santa Rosa County Animal Services (SRCAS) is hosting a reduced-cost microchip drive-through clinic on Wed., Dec. 7 from 2 - 4 p.m. at Santa Rosa County Animal Services, 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton.

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• SRCAS offers Home for the Pawlidays short-term Thanksgiving foster program

  Foster a pet this Thanksgiving through Santa Rosa County Animal Services' (SRCAS) Home for the Pawlidays short-term foster program! Foster parents...

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• Cold weather shelter open nights Wed., Nov. 16 - Fri., Nov. 18

  The cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will open nights Wed., Nov. 16 through Fri., Nov. 18 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton.

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• Cold weather shelter open nights Sat., Nov. 12 - Sun., Nov. 13

  The cold weather shelter for the homeless and/or heatless will open nights Sat., Nov. 12 and Sun., Nov. 13 at Ferris Hill Baptist Church, 6848 Chaffin St. in Milton.

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• Santa Rosa County November holiday closures

  The following Santa Rosa County offices will be closed Fri., Nov. 11 for Veterans Day:

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• Temporary traffic pattern on Da Lisa Road at Central Landfill

  Due to continued construction of the new front entrance to the Central Landfill in Milton, a temporary traffic pattern on Da Lisa Road will be implemented beginning Thur., Nov. 10 through Mon., Nov. 14 or until the completion of this phase.

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• Household Hazardous Waste Amnesty Day - Sat., Nov. 19 at Gulf Breeze Community Center

  Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Amnesty Day will be held Sat., Nov. 19 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Gulf Breeze Community Center, 800 Shoreline Drive in Gulf Breeze.

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• Internet outage affecting many county departments

  Due to a main internet fiber being cut, many county departments are without access to the internet and email. There is no estimated time of restoration.

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• Drive through rabies vaccine clinic October 21, 4 - 6 p.m.

  Santa Rosa County Animal Services will close at 4 p.m. on Fri., Oct. 21 for the drive-through rabies vaccine clinic taking place in the shelter parking lot.

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• Public Safety hosts Haunted Open House

  Santa Rosa County Public Safety wants to celebrate Halloween with the community by hosting a family-friendly Haunted Open House on Tue., Oct. 18 from 3 - 6:30 p.m. at 4499 Pine Forest Road, in Milton.

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• UWF study of suicide and opioid death rates in US pinpoints geographical areas of concern

  An analysis by a University of West Florida team identified areas in the contiguous United States where suicide and opioid death rates are high and where the deaths overlap.

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• Recycling program resumes Sept. 21 in Santa Rosa County

  Santa Rosa County will resume its recycling program Wed., Sept. 21, dependent on ECUA reopening their recycling facility on Mon., Sept. 26.

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• UF/IFAS Extension Growing Native Wildflowers Course

  UF/IFAS Extension Santa Rosa County is hosting an Easy to Grow Florida Wildflower course on Thurs., Sept. 29 at 9 a.m.

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• UPDATE: Recycling service suspension continues while ECUA repairs facility

  Recycling services in Santa Rosa County continue to be temporarily suspended.

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• Temporary traffic pattern on Da Lisa Road at Central Landfill

  Due to continued construction of the new front entrance to the Central Landfill in Milton, a temporary traffic pattern on Da Lisa Road will be implemented beginning Wed., Sept. 7 and is expected to last for three weeks or until the completion of this phase.

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• What to do if residents encounter sick raccoons

  Join release with the City of Gulf Breeze

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• Notice of Public Meeting: Choctawhatchee Bay Estuary Coalition - Education & Outreach Committee

  NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

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• Tom King Bayou pedestrian bridge now open

  The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners and members of the Navarre community celebrated the opening of the Tom King Bayou pedestrian bridge in Navarre with a ribbon cutting today, Wed., Aug. 24.

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• Florida Master Naturalist Program Freshwater Wetlands Training

  Join Escambia and Santa Rosa County Extension agents to learn more about Florida’s natural resources.

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