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Niceville ponder future uses of old Mullet Festival grounds; city manager plans discussion with Eglin officials.

Massive Freedom Beacon Tech Park to bring more businesses, housing and traffic to north end of Fort Walton Beach

Massive Freedom Beacon Tech Park to bring more businesses, housing and traffic to north end of Fort Walton Beach

The Walton County School Districts facilities planner is asking residential developers to be mindful of the impact they can have on the school system

Thank you to listener Jay for making sure that we have a smoke show for the first WildCard feature of the year. Here is Ashley Ann. We hope that you all enjoy it.

Operation Holiday Cheer fed dozens of Northwest Florida military personnel and their families for Thanksgiving, and will do the same on Christmas Day.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Less than 24 hours before the Florida Legislature passed the state’s first medical marijuana law in May 2014, Matt Gaetz and other members of the state House of Representatives rewrote the bill to limit who would be able to get in on the ground floor of what has since become a billion-dollar business. A number of Gaetz’s friends and allies managed to squeeze through that narrow door. Among them: — The brother of Gaetz’s friend and fellow state Rep. Halse...

Matt Gaetz helped set off Florida’s marijuana ‘green rush.’ Some of his friends, allies scored big Orlando Sentinel 1 hr ago Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel © Red Huber/TNS Patient consultants assist patients at Trulieves medical marijuana dispensary in Orlando on Tuesday, April 24, 2018. ORLANDO, Fla. — Less than 24 hours before the Florida Legislature passed the state’s first medical marijuana law in May 2014, Matt Gaetz and other members of the state House of Re...

State Rep. Brad Drake amends bill that would have impacted Freeport city alcohol ordinance Tom McLaughlin, Northwest Florida Daily News © FILE PHOTO/DAILY NEWS Jay Odom poses in his office in 2019. Odom is seeking state legislation to allow alcohol sales in his Hammock Bay development in Freeport. Replay Video Skip Ad FREEPORT — State Rep. Brad Drake has introduced an amendment to a local bill that removes the prospect of wiping out a city ordinance pertaining to the dist...

Drake, R-Eucheeanna, introduced the amendment Thursday, the day the bill was scheduled to have been considered before the entire state House. It is now slated to be heard Tuesday. State Sen. George Gainer, R-Panama City, said he suggested changing the bill language after speaking to Drake and Freeport Mayor Russ Barley. In a Friday email, Barley said he had spoken to Gainer but did not indicate that he taken a firm stance either for or against making changes to the existing city ordinance, wh...