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CRESTVIEW — The Hub City turned 100 years old April 11 and the News Bulletin takes a quick look back over the past century with a history in pictures.
From a simple railroad town to Okaloosa Count…

FORT WALTON BEACH — Habitat for Humanity in Okaloosa County has been in operation for 25 years.
An appreciation cookout to honor the anniversary is set for 2-6 p.m. April 30 at Liza Jackson Park in…

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GAINESVILLE — The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is celebrating National Volunteer Week, April 10-16, by honoring its Earth Team volunteers.
Locally, that includes Linda Johnson, who…

MOSSY HEAD — The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Hackers Holiday Golf tournament is scheduled for May 28.
The event — which starts 8:30 a.m. at Blackstone Golf Course, 108 Blackstone Lane…

PENSACOLA — CareerSource Escarosa and Alorica, a worldwide provider of customer management outsourcing solutions, will host a Thursday, April 14 hiring event.
The event is 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Centu…

PENSACOLA — Gilmore Services, along with WEAR-TV3,  Cat Country 98.7 FM and the Better Business Bureau of Northwest Florida, offer the public a chance to shred sensitive documents on Saturday, April …

CRESTVIEW — The Hub City’s Comfort Inn & Suites is a recipient of the 2016 Platinum Hospitality Award from Choice Hotels International Inc., the Comfort Inn brand’s franchisor.
Platinum Award statu…

CRESTVIEW — Drivers will encounter traffic restrictions on these Okaloosa and Walton County state roads as crews perform construction activities.
Okaloosa County:
●Interstate 10 resurfacing: inte…

MILTON — Santa Rosa Tea Party Patriots will meet at the Santa Rosa County commissioners’ next workshop to protest a proposed 1 percent sales tax.  
The meeting is 6 p.m. April 11 at the Santa Rosa …