staff report

The following schools, government organizations and businesses have announced closures Wednesday due to the winter storm. We will update this list throughout the afternoon and night:

SCHOOLS

Okaloosa County public schools

Walton County public schools

Santa Rosa County public schools

Escambia County public schools

Rocky Bayou Christian School

Northwest Florida State College (all campuses)

University of West Florida (all locations)

GOVERNMENT OFFICES

City of Milton government offices

Walton County government offices

Pensacola Naval Air Station

Santa Rosa County courts

Escambia County courts

Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners, including the library system

Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter (including the animal shelter night box)

Central Landfill (trash collections will not take place on Wed., Jan. 17. Waste Pro and ECUA will collect Wednesday’s routes on Thursday, Thursday’s routes on Friday and Friday’s routes on Saturday. If your normal collection day is Saturday that will not be collected until Wednesday next week. For more information, call Waste Pro, 850-365-1900 or ECUA, 850-476-0480.)

Santa Rosa County Clerk of the Court

Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser

Santa Rosa County Supervisor of Elections

Santa Rosa County Tax Collector

Santa Rosa County sheriff’s district offices and administrative services. Deputies will remain on routine patrol. Anyone needing calls for service should contact the Dispatch Center at 850-983-1190 or 911 in case of an emergency.

City of Milton offices (city trash pickup also closed – the city will notify residents of the new pickup schedule)

Santa Rosa County Health Department

First Judicial Circuit Court, Santa Rosa County – First appearances on Jan. 17 will be conducted at the Santa Rosa County Jail at 9 a.m. Judge Rimmer’s docket day has been rescheduled to Thurs., Jan.18.

Okaloosa County courts

Okaloosa county offices

BUSINESSES

Destin Commons will close at 7 p.m. Tuesday and reopen at 12 p.m. Wednesday