Mar 26, 2024
Decades-old Senior Activity Center to receive its first-ever upgrades
Fortunately, the days of senior citizens having to walk outside to use the restrooms at Crestview’s Senior Activity Center are numbered.
Mar 21, 2024
Brick upheaval
One reads, “Jesus Loves You,” with the shape of a heart representing the “o” in “Loves.”
Another pays tribute to “Mable Edge, Coney Island Icon, ‘What Fer Ya.’”
And another honors “Nicholai Jewett, 06-25-1981-07-02-2008, A Proud Soldier for his Country & the Lord, rest in God’s peace.”
Mar 19, 2024
Gigapower expanding fiber internet
Gigapower, a joint venture between AT&T and BlackRock, announced today an expansion of its state-of-the-art fiber optics network to Crestview, providing in-demand quality broadband connectivity to the community.
Mar 19, 2024
Laurel Hill still awaits its second restaurant
The plan to open a restaurant called Cesiano’s in the former Cash’s Liquor Store and Lounge building in Laurel Hill has apparently fallen through.
Mar 14, 2024
County says FPL solar site had uncontrolled stormwater runoff
Okaloosa County officials on Tuesday issued a stop-work order for Florida Power & Light’s planned Kayak Solar Energy Center project after discovering recent heavy rains had washed large amounts of sediment from the project site into adjacent waterways.
Mar 12, 2024
Major Main Street rehab gets underway
Crestview’s nearly $5.7 million Main Street renovation project is “going to be a great improvement, not just aesthetically, but safety-wise, too,” Mayor J.B. Whitten said at the project’s groundbreaking ceremony.
Mar 8, 2024
Main Street overhaul
The nearly $5.7 million Main Street renovation project that begins on Monday is anticipated to be completed in late May of 2025, Crestview City Manager Tim Bolduc told more than two dozen downtown business owners on Thursday evening.
Mar 7, 2024
Big changes are in store for medical center’s ER
Construction of a multi-million expansion of the North Okaloosa Medical Center’s emergency room is expected to get underway soon.
Feb 1, 2024
Newsweek honors PenAir Credit Union
Pensacola-based PenAir Credit Union, which plans to open a branch in Crestview early next year, has been recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of America’s Best Regional Banks and Credit Unions for 2024.
Aug 3, 2023
Need a pinata? Check out Josy’s Tienda Latina
Josy Aguilar, owner of Josy’s Tienda Latina, is continuing a cherished tradition that began centuries ago.
Her grocery store, which is just east of Crestview’s city limits and north of U.S. Highway 90, sells colorful, various-sized pinatas handmade by her and her staff.