Jan 6, 2016
Public comment period for Okaloosa oil spill plan nears end
CRESTVIEW — RESTORE Direct Component Draft Multi-Year Implementation Plan documents are now on Okaloosa County's website.
The documents — describing projects to be funded with a first round of fund…
Jan 4, 2016
Refugee resettlement presentation set for Northwest Florida residents
FORT WALTON BEACH — The "Impact of Refugee Resettlement: Economic, Social, Cultural," is 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 9 at Ramada Plaza Beach Resort, 1500 Miracle Strip Parkway Southeast.
Guest speaker…
Dec 26, 2015
Crestview council meetings return in January
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview City Council will not meet Monday, Dec. 28.
The council usually meets the second and fourth Monday each month, but due to holidays, the city altered the schedule.
The…
Dec 23, 2015
Crestview council sends subdivision plans back to developers
CRESTVIEW — The City Council unanimously rejected a developer’s plan for a 28-home subdivision off Live Oak Church Road for having no recreation facility.
A provision in the city code requires deve…
Dec 19, 2015
DORSEY: 'Turn it around' regarding gun control
A friend of mine related an incident that happened to her and her son while traveling south on Highway 85 between Crestview and the cutoff.
Two males pulled next to her vehicle, one of them in a ma…
Dec 19, 2015
Okaloosa County Commission chair, vice chair named
CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County Commissioners Kelly Windes and Carolyn Ketchel will serve as the board's 2016 chairman and vice chairman, respectively, beginning in January.
Windes, elected to the comm…
Dec 19, 2015
Crestview City Council accepts $971K in project bids
CRESTVIEW — The City Council has unanimously accepted several bids in connection with the city’s website, auditing services, and storm damage repair.
Website design and maintenance: Redoing and upg…
Dec 16, 2015
Building Industry Association endorses Harris' House campaign
CRESTVIEW — The Building Industry Association of Okaloosa and Walton Counties is endorsing Republican candidate Wayne Harris for the Florida House of Representatives' District 4 seat.
The BIA — whi…
Dec 15, 2015
Okaloosa County Democratic Women install officers, support local organizations
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Democratic Women's Club of Okaloosa County has selected its new officers. They also presented donations to three Northwest Florida organizations.
The club's new officers ar…
Dec 11, 2015
Here's what the Crestview City Council will meet about Dec. 14
CRESTVIEW — The City Council will meet 6 p.m. Dec. 14 for a workshop at city hall, 198 Wilson St., N.
Here is the meeting's agenda.
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation, Chaplain Edwin Stallworth…