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By Barbara Palmgren Growing up in Oklahoma, Trinity Coleman worked at her mother’s steakhouse — a restaurant that served three meals a day. Later, she...

By Pastor Doug “Doc” Stauffer Every generation tends to reinterpret history—often not to understand the past, but to justify the present. One of the most...

By Sean Dietrich My truck cab was filled with three barking dogs and one idiot. The dogs were in the backseat. The idiot was behind...

Museum Series: Celebrate America 250! American Revolution Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida Exhibit By Barbara Palmgren The planning committee for America 250! American Revolution met February 13...

By Barbara Palmgren In late January, several trustees removed the Vietnam Refugee Camp exhibit panels that had been on display in 2025 to make room...

By Peggy Brockman Imagine receiving a call from your child’s school: your middle-schooler, diagnosed with ADD, lost his temper and screamed, “I wish I were...

By Michelle Ruschman Stephanie Fitzgerald, Founder of Freedom Life Compass, is on a mission to provide safe supportive housing for the residents who stay at...

Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance 2025 Impact By Allison McDowell, CBA For three decades, the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) has worked at the intersection of science, education, and...

By Lori Leath Smith Okaloosa County has completed 2,000 feet of living shoreline along the Choctawhatchee Bay at Ross Marler Park on Okaloosa Island, marking...

It’s our favorite time of year again! March 14 marks another math holiday to celebrate the mathematical constant pi (π), reminding us that math...