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Okaloosa County, in partnership with Jacobs Engineering, invites residents to the second public meeting for the Vulnerability Assessment Project.

Okaloosa County officials plan to soon make additional progress on the county’s overall dirt road stabilization improvement project, which aims to improve driver safety, reduce erosion, and lower recurring maintenance costs.

Hurlburt Field – Hurlburt Field cagers knocked down 16 free throws in the fourth quarter Jan. 10 to top Eglin 76-68 in men’s basketball action in Aderholt Fitness Center.

The Gulf Coast rivalry game tipped off a weekend tournament where four military squads clashed, including teams from Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Scott AFB, Illinois. The loss was Eglin’s only blemish in a three-game Military Basketball Association round-robin schedule.

Crestview Police Chief Steve McCosker’s top concerns about Winter Storm Enzo are the same today as they were when the monumental fall of white flakes first blanketed the city and region on Tuesday.

Historic Winter Storm Enzo brought upward of 6″ of snowfall to Crestview and more in some areas. Stores, schools and businesses shuttered their doors to keep staff off roadways. Okaloosa County Schools remain closed through Friday, January 24. Roads and bridges remain impassable and I-10 on/off ramps are still closed while the Florida Department of […]

Okaloosa County Public Safety staff is continuously monitoring the incoming winter storm and is in regular communications with all pertinent County departments and agencies. Please monitor official news and official agency communications. The County has compiled information from other agencies and stakeholders in Okaloosa County related to closures/information. If you have questions beyond what is listed, please reach out to that specific agency. This information is as of Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 at 4 p.m.

The 2025 MLK Ceremony hosted on Saturday by The Concerned Citizens of Crestview “served as a reminder for us not only to celebrate equality, justice, and unity in our community, but also to carry them forward for future generations,” city of Crestview officials said.

An early morning fire destroyed a family’s home at 7763 Peacock Road in the Blackman area north of Baker today.

After a cold front moves through the area this weekend, some wintery precipitation is very likely Tuesday in Northwest Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Mobile. Saturday is projected to be the warmest day we’ve had in a while with highs close to 70, followed by cold precipitation on Tuesday. Whether that will be snow, freezing rain or sleet all depends on the vertical temperature profile and how far away from the warm Gulf of Mexico you are.

Like her fellow Crestview City Council members, Councilor Dusty Allison is aware of drivers speeding through the city’s marked and signed school zones, which just before and after school have a 20-mph speed limit.