Category: government

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview City Council will not meet Monday, Dec. 28.
The council usually meets the second and fourth Monday each month, but due to holidays, the city altered the schedule.   
The…

CRESTVIEW — The City Council unanimously rejected a developer’s plan for a 28-home subdivision off Live Oak Church Road for having no recreation facility.
A provision in the city code requires deve…

A friend of mine related an incident that happened to her and her son while traveling south on Highway 85 between Crestview and the cutoff.
Two males pulled next to her vehicle, one of them in a ma…

CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County Commissioners Kelly Windes and Carolyn Ketchel will serve as the board's 2016 chairman and vice chairman, respectively, beginning in January.
Windes, elected to the comm…

CRESTVIEW — The City Council has unanimously accepted several bids in connection with the city’s website, auditing services, and storm damage repair.
Website design and maintenance: Redoing and upg…

CRESTVIEW — The Building Industry Association of Okaloosa and Walton Counties is endorsing Republican candidate Wayne Harris for the Florida House of Representatives' District 4 seat.
The BIA — whi…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Democratic Women's Club of Okaloosa County  has selected its new officers. They also presented donations to three Northwest Florida organizations.
The club's new officers ar…

CRESTVIEW — The City Council will meet 6 p.m. Dec. 14 for a workshop at city hall, 198 Wilson St., N.
Here is the meeting's agenda.
 
1. Call to Order
2. Invocation, Chaplain Edwin Stallworth…

CRESTVIEW — The City Council will meet 5:15 p.m. Dec. 14 for a workshop at city hall, 198 Wilson St., N.
Here is the meeting's agenda.
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Public Oppor…

Are impact fees hurting Crestview's growth? Are city politics thwarting desired development?
Officials say they aren't, and that more development is in the works.