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Walton County's Cultural Arts Alliance fires back at Congressman Matt Gaetz's claim its 30A festival safety protocols illegally enforce vaccine passports
The charges come a year to the day that changed the course of DeFuniak Springs resident Juana Arano’s life forever.
Walton County firefighters were able to salvage a family’s home after quickly extinguishing a blaze that broke out in the garage late at night.
Crawford called the legal issue, in which the county's 2018 assertion that beaches historically have been accessed by the public has been challenged by beachfront property owners asserting private property rights, "the elephant in the room" in terms of helping to assure that the department's beach safety personnel can respond quickly to emergencies in the Gulf of Mexico. The chief punctuated his point by noting that the four recent drowning deaths in three incidents all occurred on privately held sections of beach at least a half-mile from lifeguard towers on publicly held sections of the...
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A finance clerk employed by the Walton County Sheriff's Office has filed a lawsuit alleging gender discrimination and claiming she's been subjected to working in a hostile environment. Tammy Bradley states in her legal action that she and others have been groped and battered by county Emergency Medical Services Chief Tracey Vause and that Sheriff Michael Adkinson and his command staff have not only ignored the issue, but retaliated against her for bringing it to them. Bradley, "has been and continues to be subjected to a hostile work environment, disparate treatment, d...