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As the weather gets warmer across the state and alligator mating season approaches, Florida’s state reptile, the American alligator, can become more active and...

  By Sean Dietrich “Why do we celebrate the Fourth of July?” my 6-year-old niece asked me. We were by the swimming pool. It was the perfect...

Niceville Biology Instructor Wins Statewide Charter School Award Sean Gordon, a biology instructor at Collegiate High School in Niceville, has been named a 2025 Charter...

The 2025 Emerald Coast Classic basketball tournament, presented by Global Sports, will be played Thanksgiving weekend Nov. 28-29 at Raider Arena on the campus...

By Barbara Palmgren Summer is here and golfers are teeing up their shots and hoping for a hole-in-one, a low round, a 50-ft. putt and/or...

By Melanie Yost Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a brain health diagnosis that develops after someone experiences or witnesses a traumatic event involving a threat...

By Pastor Doug “Doc” Stauffer As our nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday next year (1776-2026), every American should take a moment to reflect...

Celebrate America’s 249th birthday with a full lineup of family-friendly events, parades and fireworks happening across Niceville, Valparaiso, Freeport, Destin, Okaloosa Island and South...

By Greg Durette, Florida Health Connector There are many life events that happen…not the ones that make families happen, but rather, the ones that happen...

By Christopher Manson The 70th Annual Billy Bowlegs Coronation Pageant was held Saturday, June 14, at Niceville’s Mattie Kelly Arts Center. The free public event...