FPL Price Hike Hits Okaloosa Schools – This is How Much It’ll Cost
FPL Price Hike Hits Okaloosa County Schools $800,000. It’ll cost the Okaloosa County School District an additional $800,000 to keep the lights on every year – thanks to the recent rate increase which was approved by the state’s utility commission late last year. Okaloosa County Deputy Superintendent Steve Horton “It’s at the same rate that […]
Eglin Doctor Prepares for ‘Cold War’ in Nome, Alaska.
Lt. Colonel Doctor Christopher Mahoney, of Eglin Air Force Base at the Nome National Forest Doctor Christopher Mahoney, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, is pretty used to the cold. After all, the self-described “military brat” was born in Michigan’s upper peninsula. “There’s photos of me being brought home from the hospital […]
Eglin AFB Announces Flight and Boat Ops In Gulf of Mexico
Logo of the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group Eglin Air Force Base wants you to know that you may hear them working next week. Planes attached to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group will drop munitions over the Gulf of Mexico between April 4-7. Each day, fighter aircraft will release munitoins between 9am and 1pm about 20 […]
Housing Affordability Threatens Public Safety in Okaloosa. Here’s Why:
The Latest, Greatest Threat to Public Safety in Okaloosa County It isn’t drug dealers, homicidal maniacs, roving biker gangs or mobs of angry high schoolers. It’s the price of housing. Homes and apartments in Niceville, Valparaiso and the rest of Okaloosa County are quickly becoming out of financial reach for local law enforcement. Basically, it […]
F-22 Experiences ‘Mishap’ On Landing at Eglin Air Force Base
Update at 1712 on March 22nd – Eglin Air Force Base Public Affairs says the pilot involved in the F-22 incident is in good condition and was released from the 96th Medical Group. Original Story An F-22 Fighter Jet assigned to the 325th Fighter Wing “experienced a mishap” on landing at Eglin Air Force Base […]
Eglin moves to HPCON Alpha
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Brig. Gen. Scott Cain, the 96th Test Wing commander, directs Health Protection Condition Alpha effective immediately due to the decreased community transmission of COVID-19 across local communities. In addition, mask wear is not required in federal facilities regardless of vaccination status except in healthcare facilities. All persons will continue […]
Eglin to welcome first-ever female director at Air Force Climatic Lab
The Air Force Climatic Lab at Eglin Air Force Base will have its first-ever female director, starting in April, when Melissa Tate takes over the helm of the program. Melissa Tate stands in front of a jet engine Tate comes from Arnold Air Force Base in Central Tennessee, where she was the lead engineer and […]
