Community Archive

An organizational meeting, open to the community, is planned for 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 at Warriors Hall in the Whitehurst Municipal Building, 209 Stillwell Blvd.

A free exhibition of works taken from Dante’s “Divine Comedy” will run Feb. 12 through March 11. It is the second public exhibit of the collection, which debuted locally at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College’s Niceville campus in November.

Applicants must be registered Florida voters and live in the state for at least the preceding two years. Applicants must be either a political science, public administration, business administration or journalism/mass communication major and be at least a junior in college.

At the start of each year the City of Crestview chooses a theme, a slogan, and a logo to embrace in the new year. This tradition began in 2019, as we transitioned to a new administration. The theme that year was “A New View for Crestview.” In 2020, the theme was “A Community Coming Together” which turned out to be very prophetic because Covid did bring the City of Crestview together. Last year, we used our experiences to transition into the theme “Raising the Bar.”

Unit commissioner Don Snyder said troops from Alabama all the way down to Panama City have been invited to the 2022 Centennial Encampment. The event will take place at Spanish Trail Festival Park in Crestview.

Crestview Maker’s Market was born as a nonprofit, with proceeds above costs going to fund programs at Crestview High School.

ProHealth of Northwest Florida donated $21,000 to 10 local nonprofits during the month of December. Each ProHealth office was given $3,000 to donate to a nonprofit of the employees’ choosing. The money was split between multiple nonprofits or the total amount to one single nonprofit.

On a recent Thursday morning, the Casbah Coffee Company in downtown Crestview is filled with customers.

Just a few months after finishing Crestview High School’s first swim season, Crestview is on the verge of launching two new middle school swim teams.

Students at Gulf Breeze Elementary school were visited by Santa Claus, who arrived by helicopter thanks to the HT-8 Eightballers, a helicopter training squadron assigned to Training Air Wing Five at Naval Air Station Whiting Field.