LAUREL HILL — Using the city's unreserved account or fuel tax revenue and requesting county funding to cover road repairs were discussion points during the City Council's workshop on Tuesday.
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Women in combat: Good to go if they meet standards
WASHINGTON (AP) — Women in the military must have the same opportunities as men to take on grueling and dangerous combat jobs, whether loading 50-pound artillery shells or joining commando raids to t…
General calls sex assaults a 'cancer' in oversight committee meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — Likening sexual assault in the Air Force's ranks to a cancer, the service's top officer resolved Wednesday to tackle the problem by screening personnel more carefully and putting an…
Choice Hotels converting the Jameson hotel to Quality Inn
CRESTVIEW — Choice Hotels International will convert the Jameson Inn to Quality Inn. Aimbridge Hospitality, a Dallas-based hotel and real estate management company, will manage it.
Organizers prep for Doolittle Raiders reunion coming in April
FORT WALTON BEACH — For the first time since 1968, the remaining Doolittle Raiders will hold their annual reunion in April in Fort Walton Beach. Organizers are busy trying to make their 71st the best…
Organizers of fine art exhibition looking for submissions
FORT WALTON BEACH — Feb. 4 is the deadline to submit works for consideration at the 21st Southeastern Juried Fine Arts Exhibition.
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…