Feb. 16th - 18th, Benefiting The Seaside School, Inc. Public Charter School
The Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K, presented by SEASIDE®, is back, launching its 22nd year of racing. Registration, presented by Visit South Walton, is now open for Race Weekend February 16-18, 2024, further establishing this event as...
By Carolyn Newcomer Ketchel
Okaloosa County, in partnership with Waste Management—the largest recycler in North America—is committed to recycling. Items like cardboard, cereal boxes and plastic bottles placed in your bin begin a recycling journey, transforming into new products such as clothing, shipping boxes, and playground equipment.
What else can recycled...
By Lori Leath Smith
Each year at this time, some of the area’s top high school, collegiate, amateur, professional, Special Olympics athletes and individuals who have fostered youth activities are honored during the annual All Sports Association’s (ASA) Awards Banquet. The ASA is a Northwest Florida non-profit organization whose primary...
With markers, pencils, crayons and glue sticks in hand, second grade students from Longwood Elementary happily created Valentine’s Day cards with woodland animals not knowing the impact they would soon have. The students, with pep in their step, proudly walked over to the Bob Hope Village Commons with smiles...
By Wendy Rudman
The Emerald Coast Fitness Foundation (ECFF), a nonprofit formed around a kitchen table 10 years ago, is celebrating hitting a key milestone. The foundation operates two facilities in Fort Walton Beach and an aquatic center in Destin – all of which are open to the public.
Over the...
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2024 College Football Game Day Highlights
Week 3: September 14
South Carolina vs LSU 11am ABC
Wisconsin vs Alabama 11am FOX
Florida vs Texas A&M 2:30pm ABC
Wake Forest vs Ole Miss 5:30pm CW
Kentucky vs Georgia 6:30pm ABC
Auburn vs New Mexico 6:30pm TBA
Miss. St. vs Toledo...
By Doug Stauffer
In a touching tribute to community and service, the Northwest Florida Military Officers Association (NWFMOA) celebrated its 2nd Annual Valentines for Veterans event, a gesture of love and respect to the veterans residing at the Bob Hope Village, part of the Air Force Enlisted Village. This special...
By Michelle Ruschman
One of the greatest gifts you can give to a child is the knowledge they have someone on their side. Carita Smith, Volunteer Recruiter, for the Florida Guardian ad Litem, is on a mission to ensure that local children who find themselves displaced from their homes know...
By Carolyn Newcomer Ketchel
Several years ago, in May of 2020, Eglin AFB decided to close the beach to the west of Destin Bridge due to large amounts of trash and unauthorized commercial activity on federal property. Fences and barriers went up to keep the public from entering the area...
