LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Post-oil spill economy needs local influence
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s environmental damage, though tragic, was far less than feared during the many months of the event. The economic impacts were wider and longer than expected. In recog…
MY VIEW: The importance of this year's election
The city’s elected chief would be relegated to greeting visitors at the front door of City Hall, riding in parades and kissing babies if the city administrator measure passes.
EDITOR'S DESK: Banning books promotes inequality
Libraries are an abundant resource of diverse literary works, texts and concepts. In a free society, banning certain books from library shelves is no different from eternally chaining unwitting ignor…
MY VIEW: Social graces, etiquette never hurt anyone
A while back, during the Jacksonville Bolles – Crestview football game, I was engrossed in the field’s goings-on on when my attention was taken by a young man, a student whom I had mentored last year.
EDITOR'S DESK: Mentoring can mean all the difference
Over the weekend, the News Bulletin learned that the suspect in two Sept. 15 robberies — and possibly a string of similar incidents — was a teenager.
EDITOR'S DESK: What's your opinion?
Today, you opened the newspaper and probably noticed something different.
Your opinion matters, so today’s Crestview News Bulletin features a development a month in the making: a regular source th…
MY VIEW: Help someone; make an impression
As I sat at the breakfast table and perused the newspapers over my ration of cold cereal and a cup of warm coffee, my eyes caught a few snippets about various fundraisers being conducted by the local…
EDITOR'S DESK: Crestview’s young savers lead by example
“Out of the mouths of babes” is an expression that people use when kids say something funny, sad or ironic without realizing the wisdom of their words.
EDITOR'S DESK: All eyes on Shoal River
Often, meaningless things distract us. Whether they’re politicians reciting the same tired talking points and ignoring the public’s questions; pop stars mindlessly instructing us to “just dance” when…
ASK THE ATTORNEY: 'He lived to see his memorial'
In the year 1941 our nation, a nation of democracy and laws, was thrust into the greatest conflict the world has ever known.














