Category: health-fitness

FORT WALTON BEACH — Here are the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County’s water quality test results for local parks.
Two Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, th…

FORT WALTON BEACH — World Rabies Day is celebrated every year on Sept. 28, a day when the world unites in the fight against rabies. The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County hopes to do the…

CRESTVIEW — North Okaloosa Medical Center’s Healthy Woman program will present Paint It Pink, a breast cancer awareness and education event.
The occasion — 5:30-7 p.m. Oct. 6 at the FAMU College of…

CRESTVIEW — Two years ago, the community rallied to raise funds for a 17-year-old diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. This type of high blood pressure can affect the lungs’ and heart’s arteries, m…

CRESTVIEW — The third annual Turner Syndrome Family Fun Day benefit is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at Old Spanish Trail Park Pavilion.
Barbecue plates and wristbands will be available …

FORT WALTON BEACH — Here are the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County’s water quality test results for local parks.
Five parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, the FDOH-Okaloosa…

CRESTVIEW — The Ronald McDonald House has extra support due to the efforts of a “Little Miss” from the Hub City.

Kadance Fredericksen, Little Miss Tallahassee Northwest Florida, recently hosted a …

FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County is issuing a mosquito-borne illness advisory for residents and visitors Aug. 19, as one human case of West Nile illnes…

GAINESVILLE, Florida — As some Florida growers try to find new crops and the demand for biofuel stock increases globally, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County has announced water quality test results for local parks.

No Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water,…