2022 Lionfish Challenge! The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announces the 2022 Lionfish Challenge tournament, which ends Sept. 6. The Lionfish Challenge is a summer-long lionfish tournament open to competitors around Florida. The goal is to remove as many lionfish as possible in just three-and-a-half months. Participants will compete in either the commercial […]

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The Gulfarium’s C.A.R.E. Center successfully released four rehabilitated sea turtles on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Inlet Beach. It was a beautiful morning as crowds gathered to watch the endangered turtles head back into the Gulf of Mexico. All of the rehabilitated sea turtles had fallen victim to fishing hook related injuries. One of the […]

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By David White For over a decade now, Sandestin-based Rockwell Tharp has enjoyed serving and designing for Ladies across North America. While their home flagship store is based in Sandestin Golf and Beach resort inside The Village of Baytowne Wharf, they design for many stores across the United States and Canada. However, the boutique in […]

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It is with shattered hearts Walton County Fire Rescue announce the passing of Battalion Chief Brad Newsome. Chief Newsome was diagnosed with clear renal cell carcinoma in December of 2021 and received medical treatment at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida for four months before returning home. He passed away peacefully in his sleep […]

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By Kathleen Edge For over four decades, the Green Thumb Garden Club has awarded the Mercer Scholarship to a student from Walton County.  The qualified student must be currently enrolled or have been accepted by a college, university, or technical school with a major in biology, botany, ecology, environmental studies, forestry, horticulture, landscape design or […]

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The National Federation of Republican Women is a national grassroots political organization with thousands of active members in local clubs across the nation and in several U.S. territories, making it one of the largest women’s political organizations in the country.  Members of the local club- The Walton Republican Federated Women are also members in their […]

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Main Street DeFuniak Springs: Bounce on Baldwin Saturday, June 11, 4:00pm to 7:00 pm, DeFuniak Springs Main Street DeFuniak Springs will host its 2nd Annual Bounce on Baldwin on Saturday, June 11, 2022, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Presented by White-Wilson Medical Center, the end of the school year celebration will take place on […]

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