FORT WALTON BEACH — Feb. 4 is the deadline to submit works for consideration at the 21st Southeastern Juried Fine Arts Exhibition.
Month: January 2013
TDC scandal to be addressed at legislative delegation meeting
NICEVILLE — Okaloosa County’s mismanagement of millions in taxpayer dollars and BP grants will be under scrutiny at the next meeting of Northwest Florida’s legislative delegation.
Costa Leadership Institute offers training classes
NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida StateCollege’s Costa Leadership Institute is accepting enrollment in one-day business and professional skills training series offered January through June at the Nicevil…
Fundraiser scheduled to help victims of Hurricane Sandy
NICEVILLE — Nancy Sorenson was a mother, a wife and a friend. The woman from East Rockaway, N.Y., was one of more than 100 people in the United States who died from Hurricane Sandy last October.
ANOTHER VIEW: Do we want Crestview to be a carbon copy?
We received a nice email last week from a reader who recently arrived in town from a larger South Florida city. She raised a familiar concern I have sometimes heard since I arrived in Crestview in 20…
Officers urge caution after Crestview senior citizen loses money in scam
CRESTVIEW — Beware of a phone fraud that recently conned a senior citizen out of $1,900.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Crestview needs more retail and restaurants
My family and I just moved to Crestview five months ago. We are here for my husband’s job as a government contractor.
'The most fearsome weapon' is evolving
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — The first MC-130J to be converted into Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest variant of the gunship, the AC-130J Ghostrider, arrived at Eglin Air Force Base.
Area soccer teams take aim at district championships
NICEVILLE — In his 12 years at Niceville, head coach Wes Nelson contends that he has never seen this measure of parity in district play.
Okaloosa approves extra funding for deputies (SLIDESHOW)
FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County commissioners have agreed to help Sheriff Larry Ashley fill vacancies created when he pulled 26 deputies from other units and placed them in local elementary schoo…