CHELCO selects local students for 2026 Youth Tour program
Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative announced the students selected to represent the cooperative in the 2026 Youth Tour program, including four delegates who will travel to Washington, D.C., this summer.
Crestview High School hosts College/Career Fair for students
Crestview High School held a College and Career Fair in their multipurpose building this past Friday.
Students from Crestview, Baker, and Laurel Hill attended the event along with multiple different colleges and businesses to get thinking about their futures.
Free medical clinic coming to Crestview High School in May
A national nonprofit that provides free medical, dental and vision care will be in Crestview later this spring, offering services to anyone who shows up — no questions asked. RAM is funded by donors and delivered by volunteers.
Laurel Hill local gets offer from Auburn
Passion is when you put more energy into something than is required to do it. It is more than just enthusiasm or excitement. Passion is ambition that has materialized into action to put as much heart, mind, body and soul into something as is possible.
For Laurel Hill resident Charlotte Brooks, her passion has put her on a national stage, and now to the collegiate level.
New Walker Elementary principal will lead ‘with energy and purpose’
Brittany Young, who has served as the assistant principal of Walker Elementary School in Crestview for the past several years, is now the school’s principal.
Crestview High School to host Career Fair
All 11th-grade students from Crestview, Baker and Laurel Hill high schools are invited to attend CHS’ 2026 Career Fair from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, March 6, in the CHS Multipurpose Building.
Baker Block Museum highlights legendary Louisiana artist
In celebration of February being Black History Month, copies of vivid prints created by legendary black folk artist Clementine Hunter are on display in a front window of the Baker Block Museum.
C.R.A.S.H. members advance to state championship
Students who are members of two Crestview Robotics and STEM Hub teams recently took home top honors at a regional contest and are now gearing up to compete in the Florida Championship.
School Board celebrates poster contest winners
Pedestrian Safety Poster Contest winners were honored during the Okaloosa County School Board’s meeting on Monday.
Homeschool by Laurel Hill cherishes the big picture
During “Ranch Day” each Friday, students in the K-12 Wagyumama Schoolhouse homeschool instructional program learn, among other skills, how to build a shelter, make a fire with nothing but a flint rock, change a tire, drive a tractor, take care of animals, and be good stewards of the land.















