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Spring Feels Purely Pampered Pure & Couture Salon Want to brighten up for spring? Let Pure & Couture pamper YOU. From being greeted with a beverage to...

Ask Destinites: Our 4th Meet-N-Greet and Joe’s Bayou Update

By Patricia Lee, Owner Destinites.com Do you own property or live in the local surrounding Destin area? We would love for you to attend our...
Peaceful View At The Gulf Islands National Seashore Florida

East Pass Park to Reopen With Improvements

By Carolyn Newcomer Ketchel In spring of 2020, Eglin AFB made a decision to close the park on the south side of Marler (Destin)...

Three Ways We Failed You and How We Will Make It...

By Bekah Manley In the wake of increasingly devastating storms and a housing market that feels more broken than ever, it’s time for an honest...
retirement plan

Best Retirement Advice for 2025 

By Randy Locklier, President and Chief Investment Officer, Gulf Financial Here’s a list of things to keep an eye on if you are planning to...

Classical Chamber Music Festival Announces 5th Season Celebration

The Emerald Coast Chamber Music Festival has announced its lineup of concerts for the 2025 season. Festival co-Artistic Director and Artist Faculty member Jacob...

Our Hometown Hero: Shirley Simpson

A Reflection by Nathanael Fisher Shirley Simpson was a great friend and generous supporter of Emerald Coast Theatre Company. It is my joy to honor her...
Crime Scene

Part 3 of a Series on Homicide Investigations

  By Michael Yoder, Retired FBI Criminal Profiler Last month, I talked about murder as the result of extreme emotions such as anger, hatred, revenge, jealousy...
Boy Scouts, community

Sean of the South: Scouts

By Sean Dietrich “I started choking,” said Jennifer Yakubesan. It was a typical evening, some years ago. The family was eating supper before church, somewhere in...

A Pastor’s Ponderings: A Righteous Man 

By Pastor Dave Holland “Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.’ When he had said this, he...