Category: politics

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview City Council budget workshop is 5:30 p.m. Aug. 4 at city hall, 198 Wilson St., N.

Here is the meeting's agenda.

1. Call to order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Open …

CRESTVIEW — The Community Redevelopment Agency Board appointed downtown business owner and antique car buff Ron Gautney to the body.

Gautney’s appointment returns the board to its full complement …

CRESTVIEW — There’s one last chance to change political party affiliation or register to vote for the primary in Okaloosa County.

Aug. 1 is the book closing date for the Aug. 30 Primary Election. …

CRESTVIEW — Associated Builders and Contractors, a national construction industry trade association that represents almost 21,000 corporate members, has endorsed the Wayne Harris Campaign.

Harris …

CRESTVIEW — Growth Management Director Teresa Gaillard, who’s said the city’s present law “doesn’t have a lot of teeth in it,” drafted a mobile vendors ordinance.

Here are the proposal’s stated ob…

CRESTVIEW — Shalimar artist Elia Saxer has completed two murals in the new Okaloosa County Administration Building.

One depicts the county’s almost 30-mile Gulf of Mexico frontage, with fish, sea …

CRESTVIEW — Which industry accounts for the biggest percentage of Florida’s economy?

If you guessed tourism, go to the back of the class.

“Agriculture is the No. 1 economic driving engine in th…

CRESTVIEW — A group of out-of-town investors toured the city’s historic Main Street district and saw potential.

Impressions and ideas were varied during the Community Redevelopment Agency’s July 2…

CRESTVIEW — The Community Redevelopment Agency gratefully accepted two $50,000 grants that will go toward enhancing Twin Hills Park.

One of the grants, which were provided by the Florida Recreatio…

CRESTVIEW — The City Council unanimously voted to allow the tentative 2016-17 millage rate to remain unchanged as it begins planning for the new fiscal year.

“This is not the final millage,” City …