A Multi-Agency Resource Center has opened in Crestview to assist residents, businesses and nonprofits recovering from Hurricane Isaias. Open daily through Oct. 24, the center offers access to storm recovery resources, financial assistance, cleanup services and support from state agencies and nonprofit organizations.

The City of Crestview held its Mayor’s Advisory Council meeting Tuesday, Oct. 13, to discuss upcoming events and projects.

During the hourlong meeting, council members reviewed upcoming community events and focused on two action items: a youth summit and the annual holiday light display.

One local organization is preparing for a potentially large turnout for its monthly food distribution this coming Friday as the cleanup from Hurricane Isaias continues in Crestview and the Florida Panhandle.

The Okaloosa County Emergency Operations Center has shifted its focus to recovery after the landfall of Hurricane Isaias. With a high wind field still in the West, an all-clear has not been announced.

The Okaloosa County Emergency Operations Center in Niceville consists of many moving parts as county officials make final preparations ahead of Hurricane Isaias’s arrival.

Among the three Crestview City Council seats on the ballot this election year is the representative of Precinct 2, which is bordered by James Lee Boulevard to the north and Interstate 10 to the south.

Here are this year’s three qualified candidates: Sylvester Echols, April Rencich and Louis Rodriquez.

Crestview’s only exotic animal store, Emerald Exxxotics, located at 189 Oakdale Ave., opened to the public with a soft launch Oct. 1.

The Okaloosa County School District is expanding its Employee Health Clinic to Crestview, giving employees and their dependents in north Okaloosa County a closer option for health care beginning in spring 2027.

The location will be announced at a later date.

Residents of north Crestview no longer need to make the trek down State Road 85 to visit Walmart.

North Crestview’s Walmart Neighborhood Market celebrated its opening Sept. 30 to the fanfare of brass players from Crestview High School’s “Big Red Machine” and varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders.

The Crestview City Council unanimously voted to approve a ban on the development of all large load customers, including data centers, within Crestview city limits at its Sept. 28 meeting, making it the first municipality in Okaloosa County to do so.