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Crestview Public Information Manager Chance Leavins, who has been employed by the city for almost five years, plans to work his last day with the city next Tuesday.

A Crestview military family received a free HVAC unit on Tuesday morning as a way to celebrate May being Military Appreciation Month.

Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. —  According to the Department of Defense, there are more than 1.6 million military-connected children who ultimately face many unique experiences because of their parent’s or parents’ service. To honor these individuals, the DoD designates the month of April as Month of the Military Child. For Team Tyndall and across the DoD, this time highlights the important role that children play within the armed forces community while recognizing their experiences and sacrifices.

The new Crestview Resource Center “is not just a church function,” Hub City Mayor J.B. Whitten told more than 60 community members today at the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the facility’s grand opening.

Crestview – Here’s your dose of Crestview area history for this week. As spring sets in, the pace of local activity picks up. Much of the material gleaned for this feature comes from “Crestview: The Forkland,” a comprehensive history book. Copies may be purchased at the Crestview History Museum.

Based on concerns from members of the Emerald Coast Regional Council, the council’s executive committee is working to provide “a complete and total breakdown of all the expenditures” for a recent ECRC-hosted gathering that included a controversial party in Miramar Beach, ECRC Board Chair Kasey Cuchens said today.

Okaloosa County Tourist Development Department officials recently began using four billboards to help promote the new Crestview Welcome and Adventure Center.

Okaloosa County Administrator John Hofstad intends to “hold the line” and keep the existing countywide millage rate of 3.83 mills in place for the county’s fiscal year 2025 budget.

For more than three decades, Baker’s Old Spanish Trail Rodeo has been a hit with cowboys and cowgirls as well as the fans.

Held annually the second weekend in April, and hosted by the Baker Area Recreation Association, this year’s rodeo was April 12-14 at its home in the Barnhill Arena.

Appropriately enough, the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, and its two sister Legacy Sites, stand in Montgomery, Alabama.