Pickleball is Coming to Bluewater Bay – This is When You Can Start Playing:
Pickleball Courts in Bluewater to Host Grand Opening Pickleball will officially have a home in Bluewater Bay, starting on May 28th. The Emerald Coast Tennis (ECT) pickleball courts will host a grand opening event on Saturday, May 28th to celebrate. The event is open to the public and will take place from 9am to noon […]
Destin-FWB Tourney Catches Almost 14,000 Lionfish
Lionfish Menace to Local Ecosystems Reduced Okaloosa County, Fla. – Divers participating in the 4th Annual Emerald Coast Open Lionfish Tournament successfully removed 13,835 lionfish from local waters. The invasive species prey on native fish and have no known predators due to their venomous spines. Hosted by Destin-Fort Walton Beach, alongside Florida Fish and Wildlife […]
Okaloosa Commission Halts Mid-Bay Bridge Authority Budget. What Happens Now?
Maybe it’s being tolled to and from work – or that many people believe the Mid-Bay Bridge should have been paid off years ago.
In fact, one Okaloosa Commissioner said last week “If it was my house, it would have been paid off by now.”
Boat Catches Fire, Sinks in Joe’s Bayou
The Coast Guard Station Mobile Logo. Coast Guard Station Destin Reports to a command structure based in Mobile, Alabama.
A 28-foot Regal Center Console boat caught fire and sunk in Joe’s Bayou, on the northern tip of Destin, just east of Crab Island, Sunday morning, April 30th.
Democratic Candidate for Florida Governor Nikki Fried to Visit Crestview
Candidate for Florida Governor Nikki Fried is coming to Okaloosa County on April 14th to promote her candidacy to Florida’s next governor. Fried will host a meet-and-greet in Crestview at Mount Zion AME’s Annex Building from 4:15 to 5:00. Fried is the current agricultural commissioner for Florida and is competing with former Republican Charlie Christ […]
Trash Hauling Costs Going Up in Bluewater Bay
After a 4-1 vote by the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners at the County Commision meeting on Tuesday March 15th, the folks at WM (formerly Waste Management) will raise the cost of picking up trash and recycling for the Okaloosa County Franchise Area (which includes Bluewater Bay and unincorporated portions of Niceville Florida) by […]
Bomb Threat Called in to Bluewater Bay Elementary School
A view of Bluewater Bay Elementary School UPDATE at 1723: Okaloosa Schools Deputy Superintendent Steve Horton has released a statement on Monday’s threat. “Bluewater Elementary School received a bomb threat by telephone to its front office which was investigated by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office personnel. Although there was no indication that the threat was credible, […]
Okaloosa Deputies Sweep Up Ten Men in Cybersex Crimes Operation
Ten men swept up in the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office child predator sting dubbed “Operation Peek-A-Boo.” Okaloosa Sheriff Eric Aden announced the arrests Tuesday afternoon at a press conference. At least one of the men, Daniel Johnson, had already been arrested in Leon County in a similar operation. “He was caught in an operation in […]
Golf Course, Green Space or More Houses? ‘Preserve BWB’ Says Those are the Three Options.
Preserve Bluewater Bay, LLC, founded by Justin LeMire and four others, aims to save Bluewater Bay’s last two nine-hole golf courses from development. The group seeks to raise $250,000 by March 1 to begin a lease-to-purchase agreement and eventually buy the land for $2.2 million to $2.4 million. Their mission is to preserve the green space, potentially transforming it into recreational areas if golf proves unsustainable.
Golf is Gone – Offices + Assisted Living Facilities May Be Neighbors in the Near Future for BWB
“The times, they are a changin” – and a big portion of Bluewater Bay is one step closer to a massive one after Okaloosa County Commissioners voted unanimously on 18 January to allow some zoning changes to the old Magnolia Plantation Golf Course. While the vote doesn’t mean that construction for 150,000ft² of assisted living […]
