Tag: okaloosa county

In the wake of errant remarks made by an Atlanta meteorologist regarding statements that "flesh-eating" bacteria was present along Gulf Coast area beaches, local...

A Special Forces noncommissioned officer has returned to full active duty service two and a half years after his hand was amputated to free...

Beginning in April, the first new homes are scheduled to open under Eglin Air Force Base's ongoing privatized housing initiative. In addition to the new homes,...

Florida governor Rick Scott announced $256 million in budget vetoes today, and projects in Okaloosa and Walton counties are among the casualties. Legislators finalized a...

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircrew found itself away from the rainy climate of Washington state and into the Florida sunshine to participate in an Air...

Southern Airways, which operates flights out of Destin Executive Airport in Okaloosa County, announced Monday that it had acquired Fort Lauderdale-based Sun Air Express,...

Photographer John Collier, Jr., working for the United States' Farm Security Administration, took the below photo in 1942. His original caption read "Boiling wash water on...

Eglin Air Force Base's medical laboratory has provided the first-ever human-blood sample of a spirochete bacteria, known to cause tick-borne relapsing fever to be cultured...

More than 80 Air Commandos were reunited with family members and friends during an Operation Homecoming at the Deployment Control Center on Hurlburt Field...

Okaloosa County officials today announced the appointment of three new department heads. New Public Safety Director Alvin Henderson, Jr., started on January 5 after confirmation by an...