Golf-themed soiree draws community support, sponsors, and donors to provide homes, healing, and hope through Embrace Florida Kids.
Embrace Florida Kids, a nonprofit faith-based organization, has announced that its second annual A Walk Down Magnolia Lane event raised over $80,000 to provide homes, healing, and hope for vulnerable children across...
By Mackenzie McClintock, SWFD Public Information Officer
South Walton Fire District reached a historic milestone on April 19, 2025, by placing its new Engine 6 into service at the Inlet Beach Fire Station.
This additional engine was a multi-year project in the making and translates to improved emergency medical response and...
Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival May 15-19
The Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival returns to Fort Walton Beach May 15-19 with fireworks, a parade, fun family activities and much more. This is the 69th festival benefiting the William Augustus Bowles Historical Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that promotes a love for local history.
The...
Fuller is currently the only professional member from Northwest Florida in the prestigious organization
Sinfonia Gulf Coast, the region's only fully professional orchestra, proudly announces that its Founder and Music & Artistic Director, Demetrius Fuller, has been accepted as a Professional Member into the Florida Chapter of the Recording Academy.
Furthermore, Fuller...
The Point Washington Medical Clinic is excited to announce that beginning May 6th, the Clinic will expand its operations to include a fourth day of service on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The expanded operations are thanks in part to a newly established partnership with the University of...
Travis Kring has come a long way on his inspiring 4-year journey marked by faith, dedication, and an unshakable commitment to serving God and others. Just one year ago, he was recruited from the real estate world and joined Phoenix Restoration and Catastrophe. In that short time, by the...
Diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) are the only brackish water turtles in the United States. Terrapins spend most sunny days basking in the sun and eating snails and other shellfish. On sunny days in late April, gravid females leave the salt marshes and move to sandy beaches for nesting. Each...
New Route Enhances Year-Round Connectivity Between the Big Apple and Northwest Florida’s Beautiful Beaches
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) announces that Delta Air Lines will be expanding its service to include new daily flights between New York-LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and ECP starting November 6, 2025. This announcement follows the...
Deftly directing an armful of rich shantung silk under the needle, designer Nicole Paloma finishes the seam, stands up, and shakes out a fully formed Seville skirt. For those of us who reached our sewing apogee making three-pleat masks, this is something akin to magic. For Paloma, this is...
By Kathleen Edge for District 1 Florida Federation of Garden Clubs
Sponsored by National Garden Clubs, Inc., the 2025 National Garden Week Celebration is June 1-7. Garden clubs across America will be conducting educational programs, garden tours and beautifying the environment.
The ten Panhandle garden clubs in the four counties of...
