business Archive

CRESTVIEW — The memory of Foy Shaw, the late former mayor and one of the founders of the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce, lives on with an educational scholarship named for the community leader.

CRESTVIEW — Jay Woodbury has owned Jay’s Guns since December 2001. Before that, he spent 20 years in the military and always was around guns.

SHALIMAR — An open seat on the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council is generating high interest among local business owners.

An attorney representing Okaloosa County plans to file a lawsuit later this week against Vision Airlines to recoup more than $146,000 in unpaid fees.

CRESTVIEW — A public-private partnership between Okaloosa County’s Economic Development Council and local government and business has added hundreds of new jobs at Bob Sikes Airport.

PENSACOLA — A volunteer group that helps crisis victims will get a year’s free marketing and public relations help from a Pensacola marketing agency.

SHALIMAR — Recently elected Okaloosa County Commissioner Nathan Boyles was selected among 40 influential business leaders under 40 for a business magazine.

HOLT — The Economic Development Council of Okaloosa County has proposed a five-year property tax abatement for a Holt business looking to expand its operations.

CRESTVIEW — Crestview High School seeks local businesses’ help to fund this year's Crestview Community Partners Scholarships.

LAUREL HILL — Creating colorful arrangements in her silk flower gift shop brings comfort to a north county woman whose illness cost her a teaching career.