Registration Open for Eggs On the Beach Oct. 15

The Emerald Coast’s official Big Green Egg cooking competition, Eggs on the Beach, is returning to Seascape Resort in Miramar Beach this Oct. 15....

Child Fostering: Could It Be Right for You?

By Michelle Ruschman Foster parenting helps kids and enriches families. A common misunderstanding about fostering is that foster families are gatekeepers between children and biological...

Emerald Coast Theatre Company: 10 Years and Counting!

By Anna and Nathanael Fisher In a recent interview, we were asked if reaching our ten-year milestone felt like “We did it. Mission Accomplished!” Our...

Bay Buzz September 2022

The 28th annual Oktoberfest and Arts & Crafts Festival at Winn Dixie Plaza in Bluewater Bay is looking for artists and craftsman interested in...

Shane Abbott Op-Ed: Preserving Florida’s Wildlife Corridor

By Shane Abbott The Florida Wildlife Corridor stretches across our state and covers around 17.7 million acres of land. Here in Walton County, we are...

Grin and Bear it: Coexisting With the Other Locals

By Jamie Zimchek It’s nearly midnight. Suddenly, there’s the sort of crash outside that gives a person heart palpitations. Prowling cautiously around the corner, you...

Local Dining, Drinks and Coffee August 2022

Austons on 98 Offering a raw bar, happy hour and live music, Austons is home of the 102-foot bar including 32 beers on draft. Some...

Meet Our Hometown Hero Stephanie Wedel

One Woman’s Mission to Destroy Niceville’s Drug and Alcohol Problems By Christopher Saul, midbaynews.com Freedom Life Compass serves as a bridge between active rehabilitation like you...

LiveOak Fiber to Invest $100M in Okaloosa County Fiber Network

LiveOak Fiber, a newly formed broadband service provider, is investing $100 million to construct and operate a next-generation high-speed fiber optic network in Okaloosa...