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Checking in at Crestview’s former Lamar Hotel

For longer than there’s been a Crestview there’s been a hotel on Main Street spanning the block between Woodruff Avenue and the alley to the south. Now the 1926 Lamar — later the Hilton — Hotel, more familiar today ...

Family Movie Night presents 'War Room' in Spanish Trail Park

Families seeking a slow but steady return to “normal” need look no farther than Spanish Trail Park’s amphitheatre and the May 15 Family Movie Night screening. 

After a year of drive-in movies and no food vendors, fami...

Crestview mayor sworn in as NWF League of Cities prez

The Northwest Florida League of Cities has a new president and it’s Crestview Mayor JB Whitten. 

In a 1 p.m. May 3 ceremony, Mayor Whitten placed his hand on a family Bible held by his wife, Ann, as Okaloosa County Commissioner Mel Ponde...

Crestview’s Eglin Federal Credit Union Skatepark nearing completion

The county seat’s long-awaited skatepark is rapidly approaching completion just three months after its Feb. 27 groundbreaking. City officials have set a grand opening for Saturday, June 5. 

While the initial concrete work is complete and...

Art and vintage cars meet in Downtown Crestview May 15

The beauty of the visual, performance and automotive arts combine in one great afternoon in Downtown Crestview on Saturday, May 15, when the Main Street Crestview Association’s Arts Festival is joined by the Spanish Trail Cruisers Club&rsquo...

Project Blue Light honors LEOs in May

With a simple change of the lightbulb on their porches during the month of May, residents can show support for their local public safety officers during National Law Enforcement Month.

Project Blue Light is a nationwide recognition of those law enforcement...

Mayoral proclamations honor Crestview police, city clerk

Mayor JB Whitten recognized two diverse constituencies within the city government with April 26 proclamations honoring the roles of the Police Department and the City Clerk.

Police Chief Stephen McCosker accepted a proclamation declaring May 9-15 National ...

Crestview chamber announces new leadership

The Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the appointment of new but experienced leaders as the more than 50-year-old business community organization embarks on implementing a new strategic plan.

Sandra Wilson returned to the chamber office on C...

City worker volunteers roof Habitat house

Making up for a planned April 15 date that got rained out, on April 22, a group of 16 City of Crestview volunteers climbed up on the roof of a new Habitat for Humanity house being erected not far from City Hall, completely roofing it for its new owner in ...

Crestview engineer juggles multiple interests

Engineering technician Kyle Lusk’s office in the Crestview Public Services department looks like that of a typical municipal engineer. All four walls and his desk are covered with maps, development codes, site plans, proposals and charts.

Fortuna...

Community leader honored on 90th birthday

A longtime educator and community supporter was honored on her 90^th birthday when Mayor JB Whitten proclaimed April 17 Catherine Delores Dortch’s Day in Crestview.

Born in Greenville, Alabama, in 1931, she married the late Rev. Claude Von Dortch ...

Shoal River band conquers COVID challenges in spring concert

Producing a concert is always a challenge. Producing a concert in the time of COVID-19, when many student performers have been working from home and an odd-and-even schedule confounds rehearsal time, is even more challenging.

But on April 8, Shoal River Mi...

Public safety dispatchers lauded by mayor at City Council

When a resident calls 9-1-1, a firetruck, police car or ambulance arrives at their home in short order. While firefighters, police officers and EMTs are common sights in our community, there’s an integral bunch of people in the matrix who few ge...