FORT WALTON BEACH — All Okaloosa County parks have passed tests measuring potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated this week.
Category: lifestyle
STAYIN' ALIVE: Florida researchers reveal why some butterflies survive in fire-prone areas
Deciding how often and when to use prescribed fire can be difficult, especially when managing for rare butterflies, University of Florida scientists say.
CROSE: Downtown not lone option for Crestview's business expansion
What constitutes a "vibrant downtown" as imagined by Crestview's planning department and their consultant?
Crestview's Surgery Center offers outpatient procedures — but not for everyone (VIDEO)
CRESTVIEW — In the shadow of the medical center familiarly known as “the Four-Story” lies what North Okaloosa Medical Center physician liaison Alicia Booker calls the community’s “best-kept secret.”
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study cautions parents about arsenic from wet wood
GAINESVILLE — Wet wood treated with the pesticide chromated copper arsenate (CCA) loses arsenic three times more than dry wood, so if it rains, you can expect more arsenic on your wood deck surface, …
Michael Allman Band sets Crestview performance dates
CRESTVIEW — The Michael Allman Band will perform in July at Split Oaks Saloon.
Registration deadline approaching for Healthy Okaloosa Family Challenge
OKALOOSA COUNTY — This summer, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County invites families to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Okaloosa beaches get 'all clear' for hazardous water
FORT WALTON BEACH — All Okaloosa County parks have passed hazardous bathing tests, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated this week.
Women's health Q-and-A session set in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — North Okaloosa Medical Center's Healthy Woman program has planned "House Calls," a June 23 casual but candid question-and-answer session with a panel of experts.
Stone Soup Poetry Jam set June 18 in Niceville
NICEVILLE — The next Stone Soup Third Thursday Poetry Jam, a free monthly open-mic reading, is 7-9 p.m. June 18 at LJ Schooners Dockside Restaurant & Oyster Bar, 290 Yacht Club Drive.