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Waste Management introduces eco-friendly trucks

CRESTVIEW — Waste Management is replacing diesel garbage trucks with vehicles running on compressed natural gas, or CNG.

USDA offers four initiatives for local farmers through March 15

CRESTVIEW — The local U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced four initiatives that can help north Okaloosa County farmers improve their operations.

Hangar to rise at Crestview airport

CRESTVIEW — What local and county officials frequently call "Crestview's economic generator" is on the verge of generating yet more economics for the north county.

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.

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…

December jobless numbers mixed in Northwest Florida

TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s economic recovery continued to outpace the national average in December, although there was some fluctuation in the local numbers.

Chamber of commerce announces Foy Shaw scholarship

CRESTVIEW — The memory of Foy Shaw, the late former mayor and one of the founders of the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce, lives on with an educational scholarship named for the community leader.