Category: politics

CRESTVIEW — The City Council will meet 6 p.m. Feb. 22 at city hall, 198 Wilson St., N.
Here is the meeting's agenda.
1. Call to order
2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance: Pastor Alvin Smith,…

FORT WALTON BEACH — Karen Moore, founder and CEO of Moore Communications Group, is guest speaker for the next meeting of the Republican Women of Okaloosa Federated. Her topic is "Let Our Voices Be He…

CRESTVIEW — There’s good news in the gully for residents who live off Oak Hill Road.
Okaloosa County has at last received Federal Emergency Management Agency funding to fix a washout that has sever…

FORT WALTON BEACH — Business collection agents from the Okaloosa County Tax Collector’s Office are collecting delinquent Business Tax Receipts.

Formally known as an occupational licenses, BTRs are…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The new Crestview courthouse's price is around $22 million, so Okaloosa County leaders plan to generate new revenue. Raising property taxes seems to be off the table, so commissio…

CRESTVIEW — The registration book for the Presidential Preference Primary Election closes Tuesday, Feb. 16.  
Florida Voter Registration Application forms are available at all Supervisor of Electio…

CRESTVIEW — Eight independent fire departments —  Almarante, Blackman, Baker, Dorcas, Holt and North Okaloosa Fire Districts — serve North Okaloosa County's unincorporated communities.
But some off…

FORT WALTON BEACH — County Administrator John Hofstad will speak at the next Okaloosa County Republican Club meeting.
He will brief attendees on the upcoming budget process, competing budget needs,…

FORT WALTON BEACH — Okaloosa Tax Collector Ben Anderson says an early-payment discount of 1 percent is available for Okaloosa County property tax payers. But it won't last long. 
Monday, Feb. 29 is…

CRESTVIEW — Preparing engineering plans for an estimated $300,000 project to move city-owned utility lines out of the way of the P.J. Adams Parkway widening project received unanimous City Council ap…