Category: health-fitness

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County has announced water quality test results for local parks.
Garniers Park, Fort Walton Beach was the only park that failed test…

CRESTVIEW — A commemorative T-shirt from the One Blood organization is available to Northwest Florida residents who donate blood Oct. 19-31 at any donor center or bloodmobile.
To make a donation lo…

CRESTVIEW — Women should check their breasts at least monthly, according to Dr. Kevin McIntosh, OB/GYN for North Okaloosa Physician Group.
"There's a couple of ways to do it," McIntosh says. "There…

TALLAHASSEE — Florida State University's College of Medicine has named its auditorium for the late Florida Sen. Durell Peaden, a Crestview physician who sponsored legislation creating the medical sch…

CRESTVIEW — If Northwood Arts and Science Academy Title 1 teacher Tracey McGann needed to run to the doctor, it once meant a student would lose reading time with her.
Now, the doctor’s office comes…

FORT WALTON BEACH — Eight Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated today.
Liza Jackson Park and Garniers Park, Fort…

CRESTVIEW — Katie Mitchell wears a smile that masks a two-year struggle with pediatric cancer.
But make no mistake: this 4-year-old is a survivor.  
The Crestview student, who was diagnosed with …

PENSACOLA — The Association of Safe Patient Handling Professionals will host a regional conference from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 26 at Sacred Heart Hospital, 5151 N 9th Ave, Pensacola.
The program, sp…

FORT WALTON BEACH — No Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated Sept. 21.
All of the parks had good water quality r…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County's staffers say preparing a family disaster kit or “go-kit” before a hurricane or storm is crucial.
Go-kit awareness is part o…