Santa Rosa may try to sell Navarre community center
MILTON — Navarre has outgrown its community center built more than 25 years ago, and Santa Rosa County commissioners might declare the building surplus and sell it. In recent months, commissioners...
View ArticleWoman battles hunger to promote education
Editor's Note: This series recognizes people who make a difference in their communities. To nominate someone, call Wendy Victora at 315-4478 or email wvictora@nwfdailynews.com. SANTA ROSA BEACH...
View ArticleState military task force gets new member
The next lieutenant governor of Florida won’t be given the chore of serving as Gov. Rick Scott’s designee on the state’s Defense Support Task Force. Scott announced Monday that he had appointed state...
View ArticleBoard OKs $1.1 million renovation at Northwood
FORT WALTON BEACH — The Okaloosa County School Board approved a $1.1 million renovation at the Northwood Elementary School campus as part of the ongoing process to begin a fine and performing arts...
View ArticleCoup, Norris to report to jail
Michael Coup, who rode Charlie Morris’ coattails to the pinnacle of power at the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, will join his former boss today behind bars. Coup and Sandra Norris, a finance...
View ArticleFWB boys, Niceville girls shine at county track meet
FORT WALTON BEACH - One team dominated from the start at Monday’s Okaloosa County Track & Field Championships. The other pulled out a thrilling victory, edging the second-place finisher by only...
View ArticleAirman flies Osprey after relearning to walk
HURLBURT FIELD — Shortly after Air Force Tech Sgt. Christofer Curtis woke up in the hospital bed where he had been unconscious for days, he said he wanted to fly again. Curtis was severely injured...
View ArticleCrestview wreck seriously injures one
CRESTVIEW — Officials are investigating a crash on County Road and Hunting Meadows Drive that seriously injured one. According to the Florida Highway Patrol press release, 43-year-old Crestview...
View ArticleNavarre man shoots himself while avoiding apprehension
NAVARRE — A 62-year-old man shot himself in an apparent attempt to avoid arrest Monday evening, according to a news release from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies spotted Morris Junior...
View ArticleLETTER: Going at it wrong
If anyone wonders why dredging of the East Pass inlet is required so often, it’s because Destin city officials and the state Department of Environmental Protection are going at it all wrong. In 2006...
View ArticleSTEVE CHAPMAN: Want swift, sure justice? Junk the death penalty
After deciding to pursue the execution of the man charged with fatally shooting 12 people in a Colorado movie theater last summer, the prosecutor declared that “for James Egan Holmes, justice is...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Bridge talk comes to a quiet end
Well, that didn’t take long. After a crane being ferried through the Intracoastal Waterway slammed into the Brooks Bridge on March 20, damaging the structure, shutting down traffic and jeopardizing...
View ArticleRocky Bayou Christian prepares for second year in Destin (GALLERY)
DESTIN — Rocky Bayou Christian School grew onto a new campus this year. Next year, it will focus on growing and fostering the type of culture that has kept the Niceville campus flourishing since it...
View ArticleSouthern Airways Express may land at Destin Airport
A new airline start-up may be setting its sights on Destin Airport. A Memphis, Tenn.-based airline by the name of Southern Airways Express announced April 4 that it planned to enter the Memphis air...
View ArticleMontana pet owner to feds: The dog ate my money
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man whose 12-year-old golden retriever ate five $100 bills hopes to be reimbursed by the federal government. Wayne Klinkel tells the Independent Record...
View ArticleBudget cuts ground Air Force, Navy aircraft
PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force plans to ground about a third of its active-duty force of combat planes and the U.S. Navy cancelled the rest of the popular Blue Angels'...
View ArticleTwo baby dolphins killed in the last week
OKALOOSA ISLAND —For the second time in a week, a baby dolphin has been struck and killed by a boat propeller, according to officials at the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge. The first dolphin washed up...
View ArticleCoup, Norris turn themselves in
CRESTVIEW — Michael Coup and Sandra Norris arrived at the Okaloosa County Jail “a little after eight,” Tuesday morning to begin serving four-year prison sentences for racketeering and grand theft....
View ArticleOkaloosa approves Padgett’s contract (DOCUMENT)
FORT WALTON BEACH —— Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved the employment contract for new County Administrator Ernie Padgett. Padgett’s first day on the job will be April 17....
View ArticleGiant John Paul II statue readied for unveiling
CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — Workers are putting the finishing touches on a new statue of the late Pope John Paul II that its backer is calling the tallest one of the pontiff in the world. The...
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