By Mary Chris Murray
Located on five acres within their original Whitfield Road property in Freeport, the Alaqua Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a state and federally permitted facility, providing a much-needed resource of rehabilitating sick, injured, and orphaned native wildlife. Permits were issued by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
By Kelly Humphrey
The previous site of the Bluewater Bay community’s first early learning facility is filled with the sound of children’s voices once again.
Tammie Bowyer and Marilyn Wallace, the owners of Stepping Stones Early Learning Academy in Niceville, have purchased the former Discovery Learning Academy building on Commercial Drive....
By Mike Mahon
The Emerald Coast Classic, one of the area’s top sporting events, returns after a two-year absence this Thanksgiving weekend, providing fans along the Emerald Coast a look at college basketball teams that hope to make their presence known in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
LSU, seeking its third straight...
Niceville Now Included in Expanded Tourist District
Voters in Okaloosa County have overwhelmingly voted in favor of expanding the tourist development district to include Niceville, Valparaiso and other surrounding communities with the bed tax charge beginning March 1, 2022. Per unofficial results on the VoteOkaloosa website, the measure passed 65.42%...
By Justin “Lemur” LeMire, Bluewater Bay Community Support Group
Neighbors, after the announcement of the closure of the Bay Golf Course, an emergency board meeting of the Bluewater Bay (BWB) Men’s Golf Association (MGA) was held.
Members of the MGA realized the need to put an exploratory committee together to find...
Christmas is Coming to ECCAC—
It’s Adopt-A-Family Time!
ECCAC is seeking donors who will purchase new and unwrapped gifts for individual families for Christmas. Gift certificates are great for teens and Christmas decorations are always a bonus if funds allow. Last year, the program helped 197 children in 70 families have...
Bags will fly for the second time this year on Nov. 13 at 3rd Planet Brewing after the resounding success of the Rotary Club of Mid-Bay Bridge June Charity Cornhole Tournament. The two-person team tournament will feature a Social Division and a Competitive Division. Teams select their own partners...
The community is invited to the 33rd Annual Thunderbird Intertribal PowWow, November 5-7 at the Mullet Festival site, Hwy. 85 N. and College Blvd. in Niceville. Activities include contest dancing, intertribal dancing, storytelling, traditional drums and singers, handcrafted, authentic native crafters from all over the united states, exhibits and...
6th Annual LuLu’s Marlin 5K Walk/Run | Sat., Nov. 6 | 8 a.m.
It’s time for the 6th Annual LuLu’s Marlin 5K Walk/Run to benefit the cheer teams of Niceville High School, Destin Middle School, Destin High School and Ft. Walton Beach High School! Registration begins at 6:45 a.m. The...
