Apr 26, 2024
Catching the eyes of motorists
Okaloosa County Tourist Development Department officials recently began using four billboards to help promote the new Crestview Welcome and Adventure Center.
Apr 25, 2024
County looks to retain current countywide millage rate
Okaloosa County Administrator John Hofstad intends to “hold the line” and keep the existing countywide millage rate of 3.83 mills in place for the county’s fiscal year 2025 budget.
Apr 25, 2024
Old Spanish Trail Rodeo celebrates 34th year
For more than three decades, Baker’s Old Spanish Trail Rodeo has been a hit with cowboys and cowgirls as well as the fans.
Held annually the second weekend in April, and hosted by the Baker Area Recreation Association, this year’s rodeo was April 12-14 at its home in the Barnhill Arena.
Apr 24, 2024
Legacy Sites confront ‘our nation’s silence’
Appropriately enough, the Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration, and its two sister Legacy Sites, stand in Montgomery, Alabama.
Apr 23, 2024
Hub City leaders plan to enliven ‘gateway’ sign
Crestview Community Redevelopment Agency officials are working to enhance the back side of the archway sign at the intersection of north Main Street and U.S. Highway 90.
Apr 23, 2024
Ajax will handle Crestview’s big-ticket projects
The firm that led the development of the latest Okaloosa County Courthouse on Crestview’s Main Street will manage the pre-design, design, construction, and post-construction services for the city’s major planned projects, such as a sports complex, public safety building, and new public services complex.
Apr 23, 2024
Pilgrim Rest pastor accepts call to Ohio church
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church senior pastor Geoff Prows had never heard of Baker, Florida before the Lord started putting Florida on the heart of the East Tennessee native in 2013.
Apr 23, 2024
Crestview fire chief to retire in ‘25
Crestview Fire Chief Tony Holland, who has served with the city Fire Department since August 1993, plans to retire after the first of the year, City Manager Tim Bolduc told the City Council on Monday.
Apr 22, 2024
Students expand education by planting trees
Alfred Joyce Kilmer, an early 20th-century poet, is best known for his poem, “Trees.”
Kilmer started the poem with the line, “I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.”
Apr 19, 2024
Evans named Crestview News Bulletin editor
Sandpaper Publishing announces the addition of Daniel Evans to the team. Evans will serve as the managing editor for three publications, Crestview News Bulletin, Santa Rosa Press Gazette and Navarre Press. While he will be present in all our locations, his home base will be the Milton office on Commerce Rd.