By Aether Van Dyke
The holiday season seems to bring out a spirit of giving in nearly everyone. Family members become more aware of each other during this time, people often feel the urge to help complete strangers, and parents are inclined to make sure their children have the best...
Equine Assisted Therapy Program to Support Military Veterans
Alaqua Animal Refuge has officially partnered with The HOPE Project to offer equine assisted therapy to military veterans and service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The partnership was a natural fit as both use rescue horses for hope, healing, and...
By Lori Leath Smith, Publisher
A spirit of thankfulness is an active choice. To be thankful rather than to complain takes a conscious act of the will. Our response to situations and circumstances, positive and negative, make a huge difference in the outcome. In positive psychology research, gratitude is strongly...
By Corey Dobridnia, PIO, Walton County Sheriff’s Office
School hallways can be chaotic—a lot like kicking over an ant pile. When the bell sounds, hundreds of students pour from classrooms into the narrow corridors. Most of the time it’s a mad rush to the next class.
But for some kids, chaos...
Walton County Tax Collector, Rhonda Skipper was recently presented with the 2020 Excellence in Finance Operations Legacy Award by the Florida Tax Collector’s Association.
The award recognizes offices who have achieved innovation, customer focus, a well-managed budget and clean audit in the finance operations of the office.
“Receiving this award is...
By Michelle Anchors
The economic prosperity of Okaloosa County can be negatively affected by events that are not within our local control, such as natural disasters, oil spills and even a global pandemic. Is there any factor in our local control that could positively affect our economic growth? The answer...
(You must be a registered voter on or before October 6th, 2020.)
OKALOOSA COUNTY is Oct. 19-31, 2020. Registered voters may vote at their choice of early voting location in Shalimar, Crestview, Destin and Niceville from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day at all locations. On Election Day, voters...
By Sheriff Larry Ashley
October on the Emerald Coast is special and especially if you’re a serious angler or simply a fishing enthusiast. Many folks, like myself, are both. That’s why tens of thousands of people are lured in from all over the country for the Destin Deep Sea Fishing...
Pumpkin Patch and Special Fall Family Days
Valparaiso First Church invites the community to bring the whole family to its 2020 Pumpkin Patch and special Fall Family Days, open seven days a week beginning Oct. 12 through Halloween day at 571 Valparaiso Parkway. Pumpkin Patch hours are Monday-Friday, 11 a.m....
