Category: local

LAUREL HILL — Starting Saturday, the sport of Airsoft again has a venue in North Okaloosa County. Evolution Airsoft opens in a previous operator’s wooded 22-acre site at the end of Robbins Road.
It…

FORT WALTON BEACH — Covenant Care is seeking individuals interested in making a difference in the lives of patients and families and in supporting the organization.
A volunteer training will be hel…

FORT WALTON BEACH — Walter Hooks, board chair for United Way of Okaloosa and Walton Counties, stated that the organization's new president and CEO will succeed Ken Hinrichs, how is retiring.
Rick O…

CRESTVIEW — The monthly networking breakfast for the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce is scheduled.
The event, hosted by Habitat for Humanity, is 7-8:30 a.m. May 5 at the Crestview Community Cent…

PENSACOLA — CareerSource Escarosa has partnered with Pensacola State College to host its annual Spring Job Fair on Friday, April 29.
The event is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pensacola State College Jea…

LAUREL HILL — The Holiday Hills Spring Bluegrass Festival is being planned.
The event kicks off 5 p.m. May 5 with a covered dish supper and an open stage at 6 p.m. (Call one of the numbers below to…

CRESTVIEW — The last time Terry Faulkner visited Vietnam, his hosts from his recent visit were trying to kill him.
But that was in 1968, and they were enemies. This time, 48 years to the day, they …

BAKER — Traditional local southern cookin’ will meet Louisiana bayou fare and English “pub grub” when the former Mickey’s Grocery and Grill reopens next month as Hunter’s Moon.
Charles Gray, grands…

CRESTVIEW — Children in Crisis has extra support for its programs benefiting at-risk children. The Okaloosa County Sheriff First Judicial Circuit Law Enforcement Association donated $750 to the nonpr…

MILTON — The Santa Rosa Arts and Culture Foundation, along with businessman Don Norris, held the Milton Cruise-In on Saturday in downtown Milton.
“The Santa Rosa Arts and Culture Foundation is exci…