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By Carolyn Newcomer Ketchel We are blessed to call Northwest Florida home. Even though we live and work in Okaloosa County, we often do not...

How our Emerald Coast Wedding Became a Celebration of Family, Friendship, Faith and Community By Lori Leath Miller Upstairs in the bridal suite at The Alice...

By Lori Leath Miller Two years ago, our community witnessed something that few who were there will ever forget. On June 7, 2024, what began as...

By Trish LeClere Less than 3 months ago, eight-year-old Sadie was enjoying a normal sunny Spring day at Van R. Butler Elementary School when she...

By Barbara Palmgren On a hot summer day, Dr. Marie Hallion, Chair of the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida, and I visited Northwest Florida State...

By Marta Rose-Thorpe, www.ASuperiorMechanical.com A Superior Mechanical is a 24-year-old Veteran-owned business, now serving Bay, Walton and Okaloosa Counties. For the first 23 years we...

By Jonathan & Brittany Younker If you’re a parent, there’s a good chance you’ve already started the back-to-school countdown. New backpacks? Check. School supplies? Check....

August Art & Events Aug. 1 — Open Studio: Glass Art, $26.75 Aug. 1 — Open Studio: Leather & Pearls, $26.75 Aug. 1 — Private Glass Art...

By Nathanael Fisher Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC) is gearing up for another season of exceptional educational theatre programming with its Fall 2026 Youth and...

By Barbara Palmgren Sharing West Florida’s Role in America’s 250th Anniversary We hear plenty about the original 13 colonies and the famous names of the American...