Your Tropical Storm Bret Updates for Niceville Fl
The storm, which is entirely unrelated to the marginal risk for extreme weather the area of northwest Florida might experience in the next week, currently sits in between the ‘elephant’s ear’ of western Africa and the Windward Islands that serve as the gate to the Caribbean Sea.
Tourism tax money could make Niceville aquatic center a reality
Could the new tourism tax lead to an aquatics facility in Niceville?
NWF Heritage Museum Buggys Valparaiso for Restoration
Advocates for The Northwest Florida Heritage Museum successfully lobbied the Valparaiso City Commission to ask for $5,000 in Tourism Development Tax Dollars to restore a historic buggy that is on display in the museum.
One of those best-of lists named a city in Okaloosa County to its ‘best beaches’ list – but the city doesn’t have a beach.
Looks like Chat GPT thinks Fort Walton Beach has a beach. 🤷♂️
Not Just a FAD, According to one Fishy Former Commissioner
Windes lobbys Okaloosa Commission for FAD Funding Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) have single-handedly created a charter fishing shoulder season, according to former Okaloosa County Commissioner Kelly Windes. Windes, a charter boat captain, wants the commission to make a $500,000 investment in even more of the large concrete structure dropped to the bottom of the gulf […]
Butts Out On The Beach – With One Exception
You read that right – no more smoking or vaping allowed on Okaloosa County public beaches or in county parks moving forward.
Okaloosa Gets Funding For Newest Artificial Reef
Okaloosa County’s Tourism Development Department (TDD) bets that the money invested in the reef will bring more adventure tourism to the shores of Destin and Fort Walton Beach in the future.
Top Five Things for Niceville Residents to do on New Year’s Eve 2023.
Here are the top five things to do to bring in the New Year in Niceville (besides sitting in your La-Z-Boy and watching Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon drink a lot).
Niceville Council Approves $175,000 For High School Baseball Bleachers
Niceville’s Council earmarked $175,000 for brand-new bleachers at the High School Baseball stadium. The decision might have ramifications beyond the diamond.
Your Taxes At Work: Okaloosa Tourism Department Heads North For Snowbirds
Several Okaloosa County’s Tourism Development Department employees will head across the northern border (not Alabama) to extoll the virtues of not being cold during the winter to Canadians.
