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Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF) celebrated the 15th Annual Destin Charity Wine Auction presented by the Jumonville Family through a new virtual format on August 22. DCWAF is pleased to announce that the event raised $1.35 million for children in need in Northwest Florida, despite the many challenges...

A Welcoming Place to Call Home! One of the benefits of living in Northwest Florida is people often have considerable “latitude” in choosing where to call home. With so many beautiful options, trying to make a decision can be challenging. Fortunately, there’s a new kid in town and, wow, what...

Registered Voters: 142,666 Ballots Cast: 43,169 Voter Turnout: 30.26% Representative in Congress District 1 Matt Gaetz (REP) 82.48% State Representative District 4 Patt Maney (REP) 37.88% District Superintendent of Schools (UPC) Marcus D. Chambers (REP) 65.82% Board of County Commissioners District 5 Mel Ponder (REP) 44.47% State Committeeman Ron Adams (REP) 59.86% State Committeewoman Sherri Cox (REP) 60.36%

By Shane Moody, Destin Chamber Over the past four months, you’ve heard the chamber say this when talking about the economy: Reopen, Recover, Reimagine. While we’ve reopened, the recovery is ongoing and the reimagine is being discussed. Our Economic Recovery Task Force has done a great job providing the chamber...

Mask Up In Style! Frill Seekers Gifts and Personalized Fabulous Finds Life can be interesting and we now know that laughter is the best medicine! Once the pandemic hit, Frill Seekers’ design team swung into action to create unique, custom and creative face masks for adults and children. Their custom, locally...

Food For Thought Outreach and St. Joe Community Foundation are excited to announce their multi-year partnership with Food For Thought receiving a $105,000 grant over the next three years to support their efforts in fighting food insecurity and childhood hunger. Food For Thought’s mission is to remove the negative impacts...

By Lori Leath Smith Did you know? There are more than 55,000 active duty service members in the Northwest Florida region with over 44,000 veterans in the Destin/Fort Walton beach area alone. Approximately 73% have deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan since the tragic events of 9-11. Roughly 41% have service-connected disabilities....

By Jodell Haverfield, Luxury Travel Consultant ACC When I was a young mother of four children, ages 6 months to 8 years, I decided that while my husband was away on active duty, I would take my little family on a train trip from Montana to the Oregon Coast. Other...

After more than 30 years, Temple Beth Shalom in Ft. Walton Beach has a full time Rabbi. “Our community has been led by lay leaders and student rabbis for three decades,” says member Kandyce Silver. She and her husband, Dr. Mitch Silver, came into contact with so many Jewish...

Northwest Florida State College personnel have been working diligently to prepare for campus re-opening and are striving toward a safe, healthy campus environment so that we can continue offering high-quality education and fulfilling our mission of improving lives on the Emerald Coast. The safety and wellbeing of our students,...