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Public Safety

Public Safety

Fort Walton Beach considers fire department consolidation study amid mixed opinions

Public Safety

AQUA ALERT: Deputies, Coast Guard search for missing diver off Destin coast

Public Safety

Okaloosa adopts ordinance prohibiting public camping and sleeping on county property

Public Safety

Destin Rotary Club to install rescue tubes at beach accesses

Public Safety, Real Estate

‘Deplorable’ Shalimar drug house to be demolished, redeveloped after years of community concerns

Public Safety, Weather

Hurricane Francine intensifies, Okaloosa County schools to remain open

Public Safety

City of Fort Walton Beach employee helps save woman from overdose at cemetery

Public Safety

Fort Walton Beach Fire Department to host 9/11 memorial event

Public Safety

Crestview Police Officer receives ‘Lifesaving Award’ for saving 2-week-old infant

Public Safety

Okaloosa Deputy reflects on reporting to Ground Zero as a former-NYPD Officer on 9/11

Public Safety

FWC reports zero fatal boating accidents in Northwest Florida over Labor Day

Beach, Public Safety

40-year-old father drowns in rip current at Destin’s James Lee Park, son rescued

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