Category: local

FORT WALTON BEACH — The 36th Annual Jingle Bell Jog, which includes a 10K and 5K race and 5K fun run, is scheduled for 9 a.m. Dec. 13 at the Okaloosa Island boardwalk.

FORT WALTON BEACH — By the spring, snorkelers and divers should have two new artificial reefs to explore.

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Centennial planning committee will focus on significant events that, over a century, defined Crestview as they plan for the city's 100th birthday in 2016.

CRESTVIEW — Pack 530 Cub Scouts may have had Veterans Day off from school, but that didn’t stop them from continuing their education.

CRESTVIEW — Kirby Locklear, a Lumbee Native American, will share his culture and teach people how to dance like a Native American.

CRESTVIEW — Community activist Mae Retha Coleman is living proof of what one resident on a fixed income can do to help neighbors of lesser means.

FORT WALTON BEACH — An aquatic center for disabled people and a new office building to better serve domestic and sexual violence survivors now have additional financial support thanks to 250 Northwes…

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Parks Department is turning off northern Okaloosa's park restroom water during freezing temperatures.

FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa County plans to use $1.7 million in Department of Defense grants to purchase 961 acres of land around the Shoal River from Haiseal Timber.