In late 2026, voters across Okaloosa County will decide the winners of two County Commission seats and one School Board seat, and voters in Crestview will choose the winners of three City Council seats.
The completion of much of the southwest Crestview bypass and the opening of a Walmart Neighborhood Market and the K-8 Pineview School in Crestview are a few examples of major local projects that are anticipated to make headlines in 2026.
Red clay bluffs that look like they belong in Alabama or Georgia tower over a part of Santa Rosa County’s Juniper Creek, about 32 miles northwest of downtown Crestview.
The Winn-Dixie grocery store that opened in 1999 as the anchor of the Crestview Marketplace is about to close and be replaced by an Aldi grocery store.
At the Okaloosa County Jail, where the air of troubled lives permeates much of the facility, many inmates find solace and hope by conferring with the Rev. Shane Hardesty.
Motorists would no longer have to peel and place yellow vehicle registration stickers on their license plates, under a measure filed Friday for the 2026 regular session that begins Jan. 13.
The Crestview News Bulletin has learned additional information about the two teens accused in the death of 14-year-old Danika Troy in Pace in early December.
At his planned Emerald Exxxotics pet store in downtown Crestview, Andrew Rencich intends to showcase emerald tree boas and other reptiles, a tarantula and other arthropods, and a wallaby and other mammals, all with an educational component.
Ryan Bullard, who is resigning from his Crestview City Council Precinct 2 seat on Dec. 31, said today that while he recently bought a home that is outside of the city limits, he maintains his primary residence within Precinct 2.
