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May 16, 2024

AF researchers design, build, fly autonomous aircraft in 24 hours

Eglin Air Force Base — In an open area of the Eglin range known as B-70, a group of Air Force field grade officers and black-shirted innovators huddled together above an eight-pound model aircraft as they raced against their deadline to build it.

May 16, 2024

Over 275 artificial reefs recently deployed off Okaloosa County

Off the coast of Destin and Fort Walton Beach, you’ll find underwater habitats teaming with marine life. While fish and other species have made these habitats their homes, the habitats haven’t been there long.

May 15, 2024

Trees down, power outages plentiful in Crestview

The familiar sound of power saws filled the air across North Okaloosa County on Friday morning as business and residents began cleanup after the overnight storm that struck the area. Most of the damage seemed more cosmetic, but that face lift of getting downed branches and moving debris still had to be taken care of.

May 15, 2024

Air Force leadership honors EOD memorial in 55th year

Eglin Air Force Base — Dressed in the bright whites, deep blues and dense blacks of their service uniforms, Airmen, Marines, Sailors and Soldiers returned this year to honor and remember their fallen explosive ordnance disposal brethren May 4.

May 14, 2024

Gulf Breeze News publisher announces she’s running for Florida Senate seat

Gulf Breeze News Publisher Lisa Newell announced Tuesday that she is running for Florida Senate District 1.

May 14, 2024

Baker band shines at state competition

Joining The Baker School volleyball team in bringing home top honors in the 2023-24 school year, The Baker School band finished the year with a championship performance of its own receiving the first Superior rating in the program’s history at last month’s state competition in Tallahassee.

May 10, 2024

Cleanups begin after Hub City heartbreak

The EF-2 tornado that began blasting Okaloosa County around 3 a.m. Friday, May 10, toppled trees, damaged buildings and signs and downed power lines in much of Crestview but especially on the city’s north end.

May 9, 2024

Sheriff: Shooting of airman by deputy was a ‘tragic event’

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy who fatally shot U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson last week “knocked on the correct door,” “announced himself twice” and shot Fortson because the airman “arrived at the door with a firearm in his hand,” Sheriff Eric Aden said at a news conference today.

May 9, 2024

Destin-Fort Walton Beach to host World’s Largest Lionfish Tournament

Divers from across the country will be descending on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico waters from May 17-19 for the main event of Destin-Fort Walton Beach’s Emerald Coast Open, the world’s largest lionfish tournament.

May 8, 2024

New tax collector’s office in Crestview gains momentum

A task order for an architectural firm to provide more than $1.4 million in services related to the design and construction of a new Okaloosa County Tax Collector/county government services building received the County Commission’s approval on Tuesday.
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