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- Okaloosa County schools will remain open on Wednesday, October 28th. However, all after-school activities for Wednesday have been canceled including after-school daycare at district school sites.
- COVID Testing: The Department of Health in Okaloosa County COVID-19 testing sites scheduled on October 28, 2020 and October 29, 2020 have been cancelled.
- AMENDMENT 3: What is a “Jungle Primary” and why are both Republicans and Dems against it? Parker Destin explains…
The Witches of South Walton ride again…and head to Niceville
The Witches will still be riding to support the Children’s Volunteer Health Network but they are expanding out of just South Walton.
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Early Voting sites in Okaloosa County will close early on Wednesday
Early Voting sites will close at 5:00pm on October 28, 2020, and reopen at 9:00am on Thursday, October 29, 2020.
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FWB Police Department awarded $100K grant to assist with COVID-19 operations
The Fort Walton Beach Police Department applied for the grant on June 30th and was notified on October 9th that the department has been awarded $105,995.
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Okaloosa schools will remain open on Wednesday
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Zeta temporarily weakened to a tropical storm but expected to regain hurricane status today
Zeta is forecast to make landfall along the coast between southeast Louisiana and coastal Mississippi Wednesday evening and then lift northeast across our area Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
Okaloosa under Tropical Storm Watch as Hurricane Zeta heads toward the Gulf
As expected, Zeta is now a category 1 hurricane with 80mph max sustained winds and is currently moving northwest at…
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Whale sharks and manta ray spotted at the Liberty Ship wreck in Destin, FL (VIDEO)
“We were there for about 30 minutes,” said Alex Fogg. “They showed up almost immediately and were there the entire time we were diving.”
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ELECTION: Okaloosa County to help recycle the single-use secrecy sleeves at polling places
To help offset the waste impact of these single-use paper folders, the Supervisor of Elections Office and the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners have collaborated on a “Secrecy Sleeve Recycling Program” to be in place at all Early Voting and Election Day polling sites.
Okaloosa Superintendent addresses “quarantining healthy students” following Governor’s comments
“You should not be quarantining healthy students,” is what Gov. DeSantis said on Tuesday during a press conference.
Scooter Brothers in FWB needs helps locating a stolen scooter and the person responsible
Around 3:25am on Wednesday morning, security footage captured a suspect gaining access to the fenced-in area surrounding Scooter Brothers on…
Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office asking for help in locating Missing Endangered Adult
He’s 86 years old and left his home on John Wayne Circle in Fort Walton Beach around 2:30 p.m. on October 19th.
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Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections and employee test positive for COVID-19
Lux will work remotely and self-isolate for the recommended time-period while operations for the November 3 General Election continue.
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Destin council-member to discuss 3-way stop sign following serious accident over the weekend
10-year-old Kohltan Ward was struck by a vehicle over the weekend at the intersection of Main Street and Kelly Street in Destin.
