Feb 4, 2016
Okaloosa Tourist Development Council set to expand marketing staff
Okaloosa County Commissioners have approved a plan that could more than triple the staff tasked with marketing the area as a top vacation destination.
The board on Tuesday unanimously signed off on…
Feb 3, 2016
Mack Busbee running for Okaloosa property appraiser
Mack Busbee, a senior manager at the Okaloosa County Property Appraiser’s Office, is running for property appraiser.
The 53-year-old Republican has been a state-certified general property appraiser…
Feb 1, 2016
Reagan Dinner to feature The Mulligans
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Mulligans will provide music during the Okaloosa GOP Reagan Dinner, themed "Voices of Victory."
The event is scheduled for March 12 at the Ramada Plaza Beach Resort, 1500 Mi…
Jan 29, 2016
Crestview taxpayers' $1 million PJ Adams problem
A city-owned sewage lift station infringes a few feet on the PJ Adams Parkway widening project.
It may have to be moved, and that means taxpayers could have to pay more than $1 million for the job.
Jan 28, 2016
2 historians appointed to Crestview Historic Preservation Board
CRESTVIEW — Two local historians will serve on the city’s Historic Preservation Board following their Jan. 25 appointments.
Councilman Doug Faircloth nominated Betty Curenton and Claudia Patten, au…
Jan 28, 2016
Former state rep. to speak at Democratic Black Caucus banquet
NICEVILLE — Joe Gibbons, the Florida Democratic Party's vice chair, will be the Okaloosa County Democratic Black Caucus' keynote speaker for its Feb. 6 Black History Fundraising Banquet.
Gibbons se…
Jan 28, 2016
Okaloosa commissioners to discuss ongoing litigation
CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Commission will discuss ongoing litigation during a Feb. 2 executive session.
The session, closed to the public, is estimated to begin at approximately 8 a.m. — bef…
Jan 28, 2016
Crestview interlocal agreement on hold
CRESTVIEW — Consideration of a proposed agreement between the Community Redevelopment Agency board and the City Council has been postponed until a Feb. 8 meeting.
The agreement would transfer fisca…
Jan 28, 2016
UPDATE: Republican debate party replaced with Trump, Wounded Warrior fundraiser
UPDATE: Due to multiple cancellations, the presidential debate party has been replaced with a CNN Donald Trump Wounded Warrior & veteran fundraising event. It's scheduled for the same time and place…
Jan 27, 2016
Panhandle Patriots meeting to feature former Nixon narcotics agent
FORT WALTON BEACH — The next meeting of the Florida Panhandle Patriots Tea Party will feature Merle Temple, a former narcotics agent during the early Nixon drug wars.
Temple worked under President …