Joint Base Andrews, MD. (AFNS) – Promising to lead the Total Force with “humility and resolve,” Gen. David W. Allvin was ceremoniously welcomed into his role as the 23rd Air Force Chief of Staff Nov.17 during a ceremony at Joint Base Andrews.
Besides casting ballots for U.S. presidential contenders and candidates in other races, Crestview voters next year will decide who will fill the Hub City’s mayoral seat and two City Council seats.
They’ll also help determine the winners of three Okaloosa County Commission seats, two county School Board seats and several county constitutional officer seats.
The Chipotle Mexican Grill being built at the Crestview Commons is scheduled to open sometime next spring, Chipotle spokeswoman Annie Gradinger said today.
Hurlburt Field will ring in the holiday season with the annual Winter Wonderland Celebration Friday, Dec. 1 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The event, hosted by the 1st Special Operations Wing (SOW), is at Hurlburt Field’s Memorial Air Park.
At the Okaloosa County School Board’s annual organizational meeting on Nov. 13, the board unanimously agreed to have District 1 Board Member Lamar White serve as the board’s new chairman. District 5 Board Member Diane Kelly had served as chairman for the past year.
Hurlburt Field – U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Travis J. Hackett, a member of the 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, has an inspiring story that intertwines his love for baseball and his dedication to serving his country.
On Nov. 21, the Okaloosa County Commission agreed to support the Okaloosa County School District’s goal of obtaining grant money from Triumph Gulf Coast Inc. to help establish an Okaloosa Technical College north campus near Crestview.
In an abundance of caution, Crestview officials on Nov. 21 ordered the east and west ponds at Twin Hills Park to remain closed to the public for at least 60 days upon confirmation of avian flu among the park’s duck population.
Tony Vance is bringing the Mardi Gras experience to the Hub City on Dec. 2.
That’s when his fun-loving, big-hearted and Pensacola-based Krewe of Cheers social club will participate in the Crestview Christmas Parade.
The Okaloosa County Commission voted 4-0 today in favor of a plan to buy the former Beach Bank property in south Crestview and convert the site’s vacant, one-story building into a “north tourism adventure center.”
