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The Okaloosa County Republican Executive Committee (OCREC) will have their annual Lincoln Dinner on Friday, July 15, 2022, at the Island Resort in Fort Walton Beach.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

But just because the month is about to end it doesn’t mean the needs of those dealing with mental health issues will become any less painful to deal with.

The Department of Health is monitoring the current infant formula shortage and takes this life-threatening issue very seriously, according to a press release from Florida Health – Okaloosa County.

On May 12, 2022, State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf regarding the formula shortages affecting some of Florida’s most vulnerable populations.

Work is scheduled to begin in June 2022 on a new $3.2 million project to resurface a 2.2-mile segment of State Road (S.R.) 85 (North Ferdon Boulevard) from U.S. 90 to north of Commerce Drive.

Governor Ron DeSantis is using money from the Governor’s Job Growth Grant Fund to allow for the build-up of an industrial site in Okaloosa County. The site is expected to bring in thousands of new jobs, as well as make a major economic impact. He made the announcement at a May 18 press conference in Crestview.

A website and petition campaign called Open Our Museum has been organized by a group of local citizens and civic leaders working together to urge the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense (DoD) to reestablish the public access waiver to NAS Pensacola so all citizens are allowed to visit the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) and the base’s other historic attractions.

They take more abuse than a youth league umpire and get less respect than the old comedian Rodney Dangerfield.

They are the men and women of law enforcement that put in countless hours so most of us can sleep safely at night.

Freshwater fisheries researchers and managers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) successfully released 3,300 hatchery-raised shoal bass fingerlings (young fish) into the Chipola River in May.

By Brian Hughes

When members of his Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, along with some from other North County churches, found themselves alone before the start of the community’s annual Harvest Supper, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert “ChedBob” Chedister took command and led the charge…
…Straight to the dessert tables.

ChedBob is survived by Trecia and sons Dr. Gabriel Chedister, Bradley Chedister and Oluyomi Faminu; sister, Barbara Cowan; and grandchildren Allie Chedister, Gabriel Faminu and Brooke Hancock.

As the price of homes increase, so do the taxes that go with their sales.

Documentary (or doc) stamp taxes have not technically gone up, but due to the increase in prices on homes and other properties, citizens could be paying more.