Category: politics

LAUREL HILL — The City Council will soon issue a 90-day notice of a public hearing to discuss an impending increase in water rates.
Laurel Hill is taking its cue from a water study issued by Bob Me…

CRESTVIEW — Florida Senator George Gainer will attend a Crestview town hall on city transportation issues.
Gainer completed his first legislative session recently as chair of the Senate Transportat…

THE ISSUE : State Road 85 is the only main road for Okaloosa County's largest city. Any traffic accident on S.R. 85 can virtually halt all activity in the city, causing notorious delays. 

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CRESTVIEW — The Community Redevelopment Agency held a special meeting Monday evening to decide compensation for its new director.
Alisa Burleson will take over CRA duties from Brenda Smith, who rec…

CRESTVIEW — City Council President J.B. Whitten said during the July 10 city council meeting that 10 proposed projects have been approved to receive money from the Triumph Gulf Coast fund.
The fund…

LAUREL HILL — The City Council voted unanimously to maintain the ad valorem tax rate at 3.5 mills for the upcoming budget year. The amount brings in approximately $58,000 a year to the city.
Counci…

Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Carolyn Ketchel has been appointed to the Vice-Chair position for the Florida Association of Counties’ Finance, Tax and Administration Committee…

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview City Council’s Monday workshop included discussion on Crestview’s “2017 Community Redevelopment Agency Comprehensive Master Plan.”
Crestview’s CRA district, established in…

PENSACOLA — Airports in Okaloosa and Escambia counties will receive $2,618,796 in federal grant money from the United States Department of Transportation, Congressman Matt Gaetz announced.
The mone…

CRESTVIEW — People dissatisfied with the direction the two dominating political parties have taken in America can learn about the Constitution Party of Florida. 

A meeting is set 6 p.m. June 15 at…