Florida Power and Light (FPL) has announced new rates are on the horizon for customers. The company, which supplies much of the electricity to homes and businesses in northwest Florida, plans to file a formal request to set new rates once its current base rate agreement concludes at the end of 2025. The agreement is with the Florida Public Service Commission.
In Laurel Hill’s March 11 municipal election, incumbent City Council members Mike Blizzard and Amanda Rosen and candidate Shawn Cogan will compete for one of the two open four-year council seats, while incumbent Mayor Robby Adams will face no opponents and will secure another four-year mayoral term.
Volumes in the “One Piece” Japanese manga series were checked out of Crestview’s Robert L.F. Sikes Public Library 454 times last year, putting the series in the No. 1 spot on the library’s list of the most-circulated items of 2024.
The Next Generation Aircrew Protection team performed innovative vapor purge testing on an AC-130J Ghostrider gunship at Hurlburt Field, Florida, from June 24 to December 6, 2024.
Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in all waters from Franklin County to the Florida/Alabama state line must be removed from the water before Jan. 5, the first day of a 10-day trap closure. This closure will give groups authorized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) the opportunity to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the water.
