Category: government

CRESTVIEW — Keyon Hudson, 7, wants to read a book about football. Crystal Dougherty, also 7, likes chapter books. And her sister, Lexi, 5, wants to look at books about dinosaurs.

School’s out and …

Crestview Growth Management Director Teresa Gaillard, right, describes 20-year city employee Marsha Johns as, “an expert in getting us out of a jam.” Gaillard praised Johns, the department’s executiv…

CRESTVIEW — The revolving county courthouse once more spun back to front Main Street following the Okaloosa County Board of Commissioners reaffirmation of county staffers' recommended orientation.

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FORT WALTON BEACH — Conservative Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach) has officially qualified for the ballot for Florida’s 1st Congressional District.

“… Career politicians have driven our nation int…

CRESTVIEW — The city’s budget takes focus during Crestview Councilman JB Whitten’s next town hall meeting.

The event is 6-8 p.m. June 29 at Casbah Coffee Company in downtown Crestview.

Whitten,…

CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County property owners who have signed up to participate in the Property Tax Installment payment plan through the Tax Collector’s Office, have until June 30 to pay their first in…

CRESTVIEW — The Community Redevelopment Agency Board has voted 6-1 to direct city staff to prepare a $118,500 per year contract with a Fort Walton beach ad agency to manage the program.

PART 1: R…

CRESTVIEW — The Community Redevelopment Agency Board has voted 6-1 to replace a $40,000 per year director with a $118,500 per year ad agency contract.

But it gets to keep its current director and …

CRESTVIEW — A potentially confusing letter is circulating throughout multiple Florida counties, according to the Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections office.

The letter, which looks official, i…

CRESTVIEW — The city's next firehouse could stand on three acres of land fronting Old Bethel Road following the City Council's unanimous direction to city officials to start investigating the propert…