Mental Health and Higher Ed; Rep. Patt Maney Preps for Third Year in Tallahassee
Representative Patt Maney’s first two years in Tallahassee went pretty well for him as far as freshmen lawmakers go. He got more bills passed in 2022 than any other freshman lawmaker in Tallahassee – a total of six.
Potential $300,000 Tax Break Awarded to Crestview Aviation Company
Gulf Air Group will receive a $300,000 tax break over the next 10 years. In exchange, they promise to add 55 high-paying jobs to the Okaloosa County Economy.
Niceville-Area Primary Election Updates and Results 2022
Here are the results for our elections in Okaloosa County, including County Commissioner and School Board
Matt Turpin, Candidate for Okaloosa County Commission District 2
“I am an accomplished and results-oriented Certified Public Accountant with extensive experience and expertise in all facets of business valuation, mergers and acquisitions. I am a partner in multiple businesses ranging from real estate, apparel, restaurant inventory control and consulting.
Proposed Affordable Housing Study Among $6.15 Million Grant Request from Okaloosa County to State Legislature
Okaloosa County Commissioners will ask the state for more than $6 million in grant money for projects around the county they hope will advance economic development.
Maney Will Not Have An Opponent for Reelection
State Representative T. Patterson Maney will serve two more years in Tallahassee.
Part-Time Paramedics? Okaloosa Looks to ‘Relief’ Its Personnel Shortage.
Okaloosa County Public Safety will look to hire 10 relief, or part-time, paramedics to augment their Emergency Medical Services (EMS) force. The Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the change to Okaloosa EMS’s budget – which will keep costs the same, but changes the number of employees and hours they will work. Therefore, […]
Okaloosa NAACP: “We Remain Hopeful That Justice Will Be Served,” In Wilks Manslaughter Case.
On Tuesday June 7, 2022, three Crestview Police Department Officers were arrested in relation to the 2021 death of a 40-year-old man, Calvin Wilks. A grand jury returned a True Bill – indicting the trio for manslaughter. In response – Lewis Jennings, the Okaloosa Branch of the NAACP announced in a Tuesday night statement that the organization was […]
INTERVIEW: Female Vet Will Take On The ‘Okaloosa Education Establishment’
Cara Marion and her husband served in the Air Force as career officers. So, running for school board didn’t show up on the radar until last fall. Cara’s daughter – a student in the gifted program at Niceville High School – told her mom that she and the other students in her class watched the movie Alexander as part of a class assignment.
This is the Number One Reason You Shouldn’t Have a Florida Wedding in September or October
I could throw all this information at y’all and hope it sticks – but there are really just two things I want you to get from this article.
