Signs at the gate of the 7th Special Forces Group compound just south of Crestview contain truths of the Special Operations Forces, retired United States Army Lt. Col. Dan Keener said at this morning’s Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce Military Appreciation Breakfast.

The establishment of Williams International’s huge manufacturing facility at the Shoal River Industrial Park near Crestview represents an opportunity “for Northwest Florida to expand and deepen and diversify our aerospace economy with hundreds of new, high-paying jobs, with hundreds of millions of dollars in new economic impact, and a world-class partner,” state Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, told more than 150 people at today’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new facility.

Using the best quality ingredients from Italy remains a key to the success of the Dolce Forno (“Sweet Oven”) restaurant, which opened this past February in downtown Crestview.

Representatives of Cincinnati-based Sims-Lohman Inc., which was formed in 1971 and bills itself as the nation’s largest provider of kitchen cabinets and granite and quartz countertops, today celebrated the grand opening of their Gulf Coast headquarters next to Bob Sikes Airport.

Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce officials on Tuesday attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for PenAir Credit Union’s new Crestview branch.

The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Exit 4 Escape Rooms to the Hub City during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday.

The opening of Gulf Air Group’s more than $17 million Crestview Maintenance Center at Bob Sikes Airport represents a major milestone for the company, Okaloosa County, and the region, county Airports Director Tracy Stage said at this morning’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the massive facility.

Crestview officials have issued a development order for the planned Walmart Neighborhood Market on the north side of town and are reviewing a new development application for a Wawa convenience store and gas station near Duggan Avenue.

Sunshine Hot Chicken N’ More District Manager Shannon Pelham handled the big scissors during Thursday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company’s new eatery at 2493 S. Ferdon Blvd. in Crestview.

As the outside temperature reached 94 degrees shortly before 1 p.m. today, 67-year-old Crestview resident Danny Newton thanked yet another customer for buying a watermelon from the bed of his pickup truck and told her to “Have a blessed day.”