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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.

A new Costco retail store is planned for Nine Mile Road in Pensacola.

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.

This year’s general election ballot for Crestview voters will include two contenders seeking to win the four-year City Council Group 1 at-large seat.

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.

On July 6, Dr. Cristie Kedroski will begin serving as interim president of Northwest Florida State College.

Construction continues on a Phillips Energy Truck Stop at a site that covers about 4 1/2 acres on the northwest corner of Spring Creek Boulevard and U.S. Highway 90 in Crestview.