Featured Community
A stroll in northwest Okaloosa County
Two black-morph female Eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies danced around the flowers of a sweet pepperbush, the sounds of mourning doves, a woodpecker and a red-shouldered hawk echoed through the Blackwater River State Forest, and a deer screamed at me during my recent hike at the Karick Lake Recreation Area.
Mutombo finding his way in first month at Emerald Coast Zoo
It has been a busy month for the Emerald Coast Zoo in Crestview. The zoo recently welcomed the first giraffe born in the city, Mutombo, on June 1.
Mutombo, born two months early, stood 5 feet, 10 inches tall at birth. Since being born, he is already 6 feet, 4 inches. His dad, Dikembe, is 16 feet tall.
