Eglin Air Force Base — Eglin celebrated Juneteenth National Independence Day June 13. This year’s theme is “Celebrate Freedom.”
The day commemorates the end of enslavement in the United States. Juneteenth recognizes the accomplishments of enslaved African Americans and their many contributions to the nation.
It has been said if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day, but if you teach a man to fish you feed him for a lifetime.
It also could be said, that if you teach a kid to fish, you provide a lifetime of outdoor recreation and fun.
Okaloosa County’s consultant, Inspire Placemaking Collective Inc., will conduct Town Hall No. 6 for the North Okaloosa Planning Study on Monday, July 15, in Crestview.
Hub City officials are partnering with local attorney and landowner J.D. Wingard Jr. on a plan that aims to help motorists avoid a segment of the often traffic-clogged State Road 85.
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service have announced that applications are being accepted for the 2024 Southern Pine Beetle Assistance and Prevention Program for non-industrial, private forest landowners. The program runs through July 26 and includes 44 northern Florida counties, including Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Escambia counties, the southern pine beetle’s known range.
It’s not too early to make plans to attend the Crestview volleyball indoor camp.
The camp is set for July 8-10 from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the Crestview High School gym. The cost of the camp is $75.
City of Crestview officials have partnered with Destin Harvest, Feeding the Gulf Coast, and The Property Group 850 to organize a food giveaway at the Old Spanish Trail Amphitheater on Saturday, July 6.
As a boy, Jack Patten Jr. warily avoided black bears and other wild animals while working by the fifth hole of the nine-hole Crestview Country Club on Antioch Road.
