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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
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CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce’s usual June banquet at the Crestview Community Center has been moved to July 13 to accommodate the number of members who will participate in the Sister City exchange visit to Noirmoutier, France.
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CRESTVIEW — Gulf Power Company has enacted an economic development plan that prepares large sites for business growth and expansion. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — The auctioneer's staccato trill, the bang of the gavel and the familiar cry, "Sold to the highest bidder" have arrived in Crestview with the opening of Anything Pawn and Auction. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Downtown Crestview is going to the dogs with two new businesses teaming up to reach Crestview canine lovers. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — North Crestview residents won't have to head too far south when they want to "make a run for the border" if a Crestview City Council-approved Taco Bell opens as planned. And a new Dollar General store on U.S. Highway 90 may not be far behind. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Kylie Gochenouer, 12, experienced her first gyro last week when her mom, Crystal, took her to the Gyro Zone mobile eatery for lunch after a doctor's appointment. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Customers again browsed stalls of produce, baked goods, candles, jams and jellies at the corner of Woodruff Avenue and Main Street as the location once more hosts a local farmers market. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — For north Okaloosa County, recycling waste helps the environment and the economy, according to waste managers. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — It was more of a family reunion than a reception for a favorite patient’s kin at North Okaloosa Medical Center's Andrews Institute. READ MORE
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SHALIMAR — Fifty-two convenience stores have joined the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Gold Star Retailer campaign to stop synthetic drug sales and warn residents of related dangers. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — For the next three months, Steven Chevalier, 20, and Mathias Leroy, 19 — business majors at the University of Nantes, on France’s west coast near Crestview's sister city, Noirmoutier — will observe American business operations through their Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce internship. READ MORE
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LAUREL HILL — The old Hobo Video location will soon house Highway 85 Deli. However, before Timothy Creel and his wife, Barbara, open for business, they hope to extinguish a rumor. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Wal-Mart's loss was Walgreen's gain. When handler Angie Nousiainen offered the services of Dozer the Therapy Dog to the local branch of the world's largest retail store, management was suspicious, she said. Instead, the Crestview Walgreen's jumped on the opportunity. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Famous Krystals, Double Krystals or even the 12-burger Krystal Sackful might soon be on the local menu if the City Council approves plans for a Krystal hamburger restaurant on South Ferdon Boulevard. READ MORE
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Florida’s economy continued to expand at a modest pace during January, according to the most recent economic data. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Charlee Becker has joined Community Bank as a mortgage originator in the Crestview loan office. She has more than eight years’ financial services industry experience. READ MORE
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TAMPA — Lori Baggett of Crestview is among 12 newly elected Carlton Fields shareholders, the firm announced at its 2013 annual meeting. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Fans of the Beef ’O’ Brady's sports bar in the Big Lots shopping center were disappointed to hear the restaurant, which has served the Crestview area for 11 years, will close at 11 p.m. March 30. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Four Crestview area projects have been added to the Okaloosa County Economic Development Council's roster since the year began. If they — and two existing projects — come to fruition, nearly 2,000 jobs would be added to local payrolls. READ MORE
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With the price of gasoline nowadays, more people are becoming interested in hybrid and electric vehicles. According to the market research firm Mintel, electric and hybrid vehicle sales increased 73 percent last year to more than 440,000. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — A resident’s criticism of the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce’s decision to schedule a Mossy Head golfing event is “much ado about nothing,” a chamber spokesperson said. READ MORE
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FORT WALTON BEACH — Gulf Power plans to launch a new initiative next month to make Northwest Florida more aggressive in attracting businesses to the region. READ MORE
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For the first time in five years, Florida’s unemployment in January dropped below the national average. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Bob Sikes Airport’s fixed base operator anticipates breaking ground on an estimated $600,000 terminal by April. Jonathan Dunn, Emerald Coast Aviation’s president, said his company recently sent the project out to bid. READ MORE
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Criminal charges against Vision Airlines have been dropped. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — L3 Crestview Aerospace executives anticipate their first project of a planned $13 million expansion that would reportedly bring 340 new jobs to the community's largest employer. READ MORE
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Spring break is here and the summer tourist season is coming soon. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — First National Bank of Crestview has recognized four children for their homemade piggy bank entries in this year’s Piggy Bank Pageant. READ MORE
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BAKER — "There are several ranges around (Okaloosa County) but nothing that is going to look like this — nothing that is going to be run like this," Elijah Bell, of Jay, said. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — While city leaders have cut spending and enacted furloughs to help balance the budget, one local business leader has quietly donated nearly $138,000 in services to the city over the last four years. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Outgoing Airports Director Greg Donovan wrapped up his Okaloosa County career the way it began: with an address to the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce Airport Committee. READ MORE
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OKALOOSA ISLAND — Okaloosa County business and community leaders are coming together to formulate a strategic path designed to bring more jobs and growth. READ MORE
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It affects everybody and is virtually unavoidable: gasoline prices are on the rise again. READ MORE
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It’s that time of year again: when businesses across Northwest Florida compete to be called the area’s finest. READ MORE
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It’s a good time to be an economic development specialist looking to work in Northwest Florida. READ MORE
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Less than 24 hours after it was charged with grand theft, Vision Airlines paid the money it owed Okaloosa County. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — The option of having smoked ribs on barbecue-loving north Crestview families' dinner tables has returned with Possum Ridge BBQ's reopening. READ MORE
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Okaloosa County Airports Director Greg Donovan has submitted his resignation to accept the director’s position at Pensacola International Airport. READ MORE
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HOLT — Okaloosa County commissioners approved a five-year tax abatement for a company planning to expand. READ MORE
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NBI Properties is expanding with a new office in Crestview. READ MORE
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Okaloosa County is the most military-dependent county in the state, with 68 percent of the local job market being made up of military and defense contractors, according to local economist David Goetsch. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — Waste Management is replacing diesel garbage trucks with vehicles running on compressed natural gas, or CNG. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — The local U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has announced four initiatives that can help north Okaloosa County farmers improve their operations. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — What local and county officials frequently call "Crestview's economic generator" is on the verge of generating yet more economics for the north county. READ MORE
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NICEVILLE — Northwest Florida StateCollege’s Costa Leadership Institute is accepting enrollment in one-day business and professional skills training series offered January through June at the Niceville campus. READ MORE
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TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s economic recovery continued to outpace the national average in December, although there was some fluctuation in the local numbers. READ MORE
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CRESTVIEW — The memory of Foy Shaw, the late former mayor and one of the founders of the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce, lives on with an educational scholarship named for the community leader.
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CRESTVIEW — Jay Woodbury has owned Jay’s Guns since December 2001. Before that, he spent 20 years in the military and always was around guns. READ MORE
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SHALIMAR -- An open seat on the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council is generating high interest among local business owners. READ MORE
