Jun 19, 2024
County takes over the Dorcas Fire District
The Dorcas Fire District has not filed an annual audit for three years and needs more oversight, District 4 state Rep. Patt Maney said recently.
Jun 19, 2024
County’s memorial for women veterans will expand with new statues
The four women who will join existing honorees and have their own bronze life-size statues at the Women Veterans Monuments at Veterans Park are an Iroquois warrior, a World War II veteran, a Bronze Star recipient, and a Marine who was killed in Afghanistan.
Jun 19, 2024
Department of the Air Force launches NIPRGPT
ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — As part of its ongoing modernization efforts, the Department of the Air Force chief information officer, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, is accelerating initiatives to provide Guardians, Airmen, civilian employees, and contractors the ability to responsibly experiment with Generative AI, with adequate safeguards in place.
Jun 18, 2024
County to buy land in $1.4 million settlement agreement
As part of a settlement agreement, Okaloosa County will pay over $1.4 million, instead of over $23,000, to the owners of a vacant, 4.5-acre parcel that’s needed for the southwest Crestview bypass project.
Jun 18, 2024
Florida Attorney General, Sheriffs Association launch ‘playing card’ strategy to solve cold cases
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, and the Florida Association of Crime Stoppers, Florida Sheriffs Association and Florida Department of Corrections, is launching a program to put information on cold cases into the palms of Floridians’ hands.
Jun 18, 2024
Latest IHMC facility brings new research opportunities to life
As the Blue Angels roared through the sky off in the distance, the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition introduced its Healthspan Resilience & Performance Complex in downtown Pensacola last Tuesday.
Jun 17, 2024
New bill to improve Florida’s mental health system
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law CS/CS/HB 7021 – Mental Health and Substance Abuse, a bill championed by District 4 state Rep. Patt Maney to modernize Florida’s Baker and Marchman Acts for the first time since their original passage 53 and 31 years ago, respectively.
Jun 17, 2024
State Rep. Maney goes to the border
Much of the scene involving immigrants trying to enter America at the U.S.-Mexico border is both “fascinating and heartbreaking,” says District 4 Florida state Rep. Patt Maney.
Jun 14, 2024
Candidates for Crestview mayoral and Group 2 City Council seats run unopposed
The candidate field for this year’s local elections is set and includes contenders seeking four-year terms on the Crestview City Council, Okaloosa County Commission and county School Board, as well as a four-year term as the county sheriff.
Jun 13, 2024
Splish splash!
The city of Crestview’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new splash pad at Twin Hills Children’s Park, 100 N. Hathaway St., is set for 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 26.