Chamber Life: Stories from the life and times of Fort Walton Beach Chamber members…
By Kelly Murphy-Redd
Toasting fallen comrades is a military tradition going back thousands of years to the Vikings, Roman Legions and King Arthur’s Roundtable.
At the Doolittle Raider’s annual reunion in 1959, the city of Tucson, Arizona, presented...
By Kenneth Books
The average human body contains about 60 percent water. And we die after about three days without ingesting liquids.
Yet, most of us take water, the most crucial element in the world, for granted.
The Choctawhatchee Bay Estuary Program is designed to create awareness of that body of water and how...
By Barbara Palmgren
When I think about the beauty of the golf course at Bluewater Bay, and look at its blue and white logo with boat sails and golf clubs, I have to borrow a few lines from Roy Orbison’s famous song and change the lyrics:
I’m going back someday,
Come what may,
To...
By Ramsey Lawrence, Embrace Florida Kids
For many of us, remembering our childhood brings back happy memories: holidays spent with family, playing outside with siblings and friends, field trips, summer camps and home-cooked meals with parents. For thousands of children in Florida, this is not the case.
June was National Reunification...
By Nick Tomecek, Okaloosa County PIO
The Coastal Resource team with Destin-Fort Walton Beach Tourism in Okaloosa County recently participated in a collaborative effort that led to the tagging of two whale sharks, Ivey and Oliver, in the Gulf of Mexico south of Destin-Fort Walton Beach.
This unique research opportunity was successful due to a...
By Christopher Manson
“I’m most proud that this District values three things – academics, the arts, and athletics,” Okaloosa County School District Superintendent Marcus Chambers says. “We’ve taken a strong stance to provide students with opportunities to be engaged while they’re in the school system.
“The ultimate goal is that when high school...
By Bradley Duke Daum
I believe if you search somewhere between the red-light runners and speeders on our highways of bad behavior, there lies submerged the heart of the “Old South”—those that maintain the values and spirit, the brave fight. Those are the heroes among us. On this page, you’ll...
Happy Birthday FWB Life!
WOW! FWB Life has published its first anniversary issue! Thank you Fort Walton Beach community for your support.
If we’ve learned anything in the past year (really the past eight years of Life Media), it’s that stories about people in our community (heroes, business owners, organization leaders,...
Wreaths Across America at Beal Memorial Cemetery has a goal to provide a wreath for all 1800+ Veterans laid to rest at Beal. The WAA Placement Ceremony is hosted by the Veterans Tribute Tower Committee on Sat., Dec. 16, at 9 a.m. at Beal Memorial Cemetery. Currently, 900 wreaths...
