County, EMS Union Avoid Impasse, Pass Collective Bargaining Agreement

The EMS Union in Okaloosa County has begun to look a lot like Don Quixote. Four months after all non-union employees got a 5% raise, the EMS employees, represented by a trade union machine out of the northeast, were able to avoid an impasse and get their constituents a deal.
County Plans to Solve Housing Affordability Crisis
The County Commission voted unanimously to move forward with the project at their meeting on Tuesday.
Okaloosa Gets Funding For Newest Artificial Reef

Okaloosa Countyβs 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.
Documents Lay Out Case Against Mother in 2002 Murder Investigation
Late last year, Okaloosa County Sheriffβs Deputies arrested 37-year-old Mary Jean Liza for the death of her child in 2002.