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Most council members agreed theyd like to own the property - and control what goes on it - even if they dont put a new city hall complex there.

Fort Walton Beach City Council decided in special meeting this week to hire a professional recruitment firm to help in search for new city manager.

Fort Walton Beach City Council pauses new City Hall complex project to seek citizen input and talk with school district about Lowery Place property.

A judge will be asked to decide whether three Fort Walton Beach city charter amendment proposals pass legal muster.

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Austin, Texas, Oct. 2. Hundreds of thousands of people were fired up when they turned out in the streets Oct. 2 in over 650 protests, in every state and Washington, D.C., to push back attacks on the legal right to abortion access and to demand reproductive justice. They responded to…

FORT WALTON BEACH — As the sound of cannon fire cracked under a clear blue sky, Capt. Billy Bowlegs and his pirate krewe stormed Fort Walton Landing on Saturday afternoon, a year after their annual invasion was thwarted by COVID-19.   Hundreds of people, some of them dressed as pirates themselves, lined up to greet the invaders as they came ashore. Leading the charge was Buddy Carter, Capt. Billy LXV, and his queen, Elizabeth "Beck" England. Carter was also assisted in his effort to take ...

Fort Walton Beach RV offered to lease about eight acres of the land for 25 years at a starting price of $60,000 a year. Company representatives also offered to "pre-pay" $150,000 for the citys use to refurbish recreational facilities off Sullivan Drive.  Mark Bethea of Realty House told the council that after researching both offers, he could find no real downside to either. "Ive thought long and hard about what to recommend ... and Im not going to make a recommendation," he said. "Both off...