- Solid Waste Haulers rolls a seven for anniversary
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- Expert: Okaloosa Regional Airport poised for success
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- OKALOOSA ISLAND - Aviation expert Mike Boyd told about 120 business and community leaders Friday that... Full story»
- Vanguard merger proposal announced
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- VALPARAISO - A proposed bank merger announced Tuesday reflects the collective identity getting applied... Full story»
- Steel going up on new bank at Choctaw Plaza
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- Over at Choctaw Plaza on Racetrack Road, general contractor Doster Construction Co. out of Birmingham remains... Full story»
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Synovus plans to consolidate Bank of Pensacola and Vanguard Bank and Trust
Synovus (NYSE: SNV) has announced plans to consolidate Bank of Pensacola and Vanguard Bank and Trust into what would become Coastal Bank and Trust of Florida. Headquarters would be in Pensacola. Georgia-based financial services company Synovus expects...
Pouring concrete at Uptown Station's Phase Two
Workers are pouring concrete out at what will become Phase Two of Uptown Station in Fort Walton Beach. Site supervisor Larry Petersen of Crane Ventures is in charge, and the general contractor is Jay Odom's Crystal Beach Development. As the heat started...
Local businesses provide opportunity to help others
Yea, it's a big week for Leos, and check out my blog on the Daily News Web site for more on that.Now before we get rolling, here's an important update. This happens once in a while, and it's not always wonderful, but sometimes it just has to be done....
Joe & Eddie's comes back in a big, big way
FORT WALTON BEACH - All you had to do was look at the parking lot situated across Eglin Parkway from Goofy Golf. Joe & Eddie's Family Restaurant is back, and back in a big, big way. Tuesday marked the rebirth of this local eatery, which was a downtown...
Zepponi Group steams full speed ahead
Yes, it was none other than Union Adm. David Glasgow Farragut who hollered "Damn the torpedoes" and ordered "full speed!" at the Battle of Mobile Bay. And yes, the Yankees managed to win on that August day in 1864, eight months before the Civil War officially...
Foreclosure filing numbers still scary on national level
WASHINGTON - The number of homeowners stung by the dramatic decline in the U.S. housing market jumped last month as foreclosure filings grew by more than 50 percent compared with the same month a year ago. Nationwide, more than 272,000 homes...
At the gas pump, sighs of relief (with VIDEO)
For someone who had just pumped more than $100 worth of diesel into his pickup truck, Terry Berry was remarkably composed. Friday morning at a Tom Thumb store on U.S. Highway 98 in west Okaloosa County, unleaded regular was selling for $3.59.9 a gallon....
Joe & Eddie's to reopen 5 a.m. Tuesday
If you're an early riser, you can be among the first to catch the official re-opening of Joe & Eddie's Family Restaurant at 5 a.m. Tuesday. "Everybody's excited," said Eddie Perillo, son of owners Gerard and Ann Perillo. "We had a real good orientation...
No tax-free holiday? Bargain-hunters persist (with VIDEO)
Not having a tax-free holiday period for the first time since 1998 hasn't meant parents have hesitated to prepare for the school year that starts Monday.But bargains became essential on both sides of the counter."It's a tough economy right now and the...
Young savers win savings bonds, piggy banks
The Teach Children to Save Program has apparently made an impression here in Okaloosa County. Last year 200 youngsters made 289 deposits in bank accounts totaling $39,379.84, triple of the total for the previous year. The program is part of Okaloosa...
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