By Heather Bennett
In addition to providing meals and snacks for the 3,400 food insecure children in their backpack program, Food for Thought has been gearing up for the holidays. They recently delivered 700 turkeys and 33,000 food items over five service locations to reach more than 3,000 children across...
By Will Estell
By this point, most everyone who drives, or keeps up with current economic and supply chain trends, is well aware that the current automobile market in our country (and most others) is facing a problem we haven’t seen to this degree in our lifetimes.
In a nutshell, the...
By Kenneth Books
Our Hometown Hero, Tom Rice, has always loved three things: the restaurant business, charity and the U.S. Army. After 28 years in uniform, finishing as a First Sergeant, he retired from the military and made it a point to open his own restaurant, a journey which began...
Northwest Florida boasts the second largest bear population in the state. But, due to a high level of development in the region, the black bear population is being pushed out of their homes at alarming rates, which increases bear sightings and injuries to bears.
Alaqua Animal Refuge wanted to help...
Alaqua Opens New Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Located on five acres within their original Whitfield Rd. property in Freeport, a new Alaqua Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, a state and federally permitted facility, is providing a much-needed resource for rehabilitating sick, injured, and orphaned native wildlife. “Alaqua receives a dozen or more...
The votes are in and four local non-profit groups in Okaloosa and Walton Counties will receive $104,500 each from Impact100 of Northwest Florida, Inc., an organization designed to financially support nonprofit organizations in Okaloosa and Walton Counties.
Grant recipients were selected from the following five categories: Arts & Culture; Education;...
100 Men Who Care, a nationwide network of people interested in supporting non-profit groups in their local communities through giving circles, has launched on the Emerald Coast.
100 Men Who Care – Emerald Coast’s mission is to help fund charities and non-profit organizations operating in and impacting our Okaloosa and...
This past Veteran’s Day, November 11, Okaloosa County unveiled Women Veterans Monuments, honoring women who have served and made significant contributions in the U.S. Military throughout history. The life-size, bronze monuments are arranged along a picturesque trail of the 17.5-acre Veterans’ Park on Okaloosa Island and have been sculpted...
By Samuel King Jr.
An Eglin Air Force Base military family member created a small letter-writing campaign to thank veterans here, who served during the 19-year Afghanistan campaign.
As Nadia Cain watched the flood of imagery depicting the fall of the Afghan government during the week of Aug. 15, she was...
Mid-Bay Bridge Rotary thanked 18 Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (CHELCO) line crew members for their efforts after Hurricane Ida devastated the western Gulf Coast by serving them a special breakfast. “We wanted to thank them not only for their service by making the trip to the stricken areas, but also...
