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Davidson Middle School service club struggling to stay active

CRESTVIEW — Davidson Middle School’s Builders Club, which organizes community and school fundraisers, is struggling to maintain membership. READ MORE
Northwood, Shoal River & Riverside schools get new principals

CRESTVIEW — With the new school year’s start, Northwood and Riverside Elementary Schools and Shoal River Middle School will have new principals. Two of the principals will transfer to Crestview from out of state, while current Edwins Elementary School Principal Cheree Davis will move to Shoal River. READ MORE

Law Enforcement

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Okaloosa second to Escambia in prescription drug drive

FORT WALTON BEACH— The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office reportedly received a record amount of unused prescription drugs during a recent drive. READ MORE
Crestview PD: DeFuniak man identified from skeletal remains

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department has identified the skeletal remains, which were found in a wooded area near Pandora Drive on March 28, as those of Damian Matthew Andrews. READ MORE

Sports

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Big spring for area teams

Local high school baseball teams had a busy spring. Crestview High School’s performance couldn’t have been much better as the Bulldogs won the District 2-6A champion; Baker School improved throughout the season under first-year coach Scott Johnson; and Laurel Hill School faced a rebuilding year. READ MORE
York signs with Spring Hill

CRESTVIEW —Crestview High School senior Kerrie York fulfilled a longtime dream Wednesday morning as she signed scholarship papers to play at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala. The scholarship is worth $42,000 annually. READ MORE

Education

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Pinning ceremony honors NWF State College nursing graduates

CRESTVIEW — Northwest Florida State College’s nursing programs held a pinning ceremony May 2 to recognize eight students who completed the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and 42 students who completed the Associate of Science in Nursing degree during the spring term. READ MORE
Davidson Middle School service club struggling to stay active

CRESTVIEW — Davidson Middle School’s Builders Club, which organizes community and school fundraisers, is struggling to maintain membership. READ MORE

Business

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State launching website to match businesses with Florida graduates

TALLAHASSEE — Workforce Florida Inc., the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and regional workforce boards announced the June launch of HireFloridaGrads.com, a web portal for work-ready graduates seeking employment. READ MORE
Events venue opens in Crestview

CRESTVIEW — The View has a new Vue on Industrial Drive with the grand opening of a banquet, events and cabaret venue. The former Ms. B's Bar-B-Que and Bakery has reopened as a three-room facility with space for receptions, dinners and parties. READ MORE

Opinion

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EDITOR'S DESK: Life-threatening matter raises need for community

Community requires fighting the bystander effect, avoiding ignorance, and going with your gut to help others. In this case, doing those things saved a life. Community’s enemy is misunderstanding, willful ignorance and ridicule. READ MORE
EDITOR'S DESK: County should ignore urge to raise gas tax

Raising the gas tax may provide revenue for necessary public improvements, but at what cost to private residents? Roaming businesses including pest control workers and plumbers may hike rates to cover the added expense — and then watch the dominoes fall. READ MORE

Lifestyle

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School art contest winners to be announced this weekend

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa Arts Alliance has teamed up with Destin's HarborWalk Village resort, moving the countywide art show from its longtime venue at Henderson Beach State Park. READ MORE
'Sleepy Hollow' musical opens Friday at Crestview High School

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview High School drama program and Thespian Society present the musical adaptation of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" this weekend. The classic story is the tale of Ichabod Crane, a rural New York schoolmaster who is pursued by a ghostly, headless Hessian horseman. READ MORE

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