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By REID TUCKER Several new capital improvement projects will go a long way toward accomplishing the five-year goals laid out for the DeFuniak Springs Municipal Airport while increasing the facility’s safety.  

By DOTTY NIST A company is interested in establishing a beer brewing operation in Walton County, and county commissioners have approved a resolution of support.

By DOTTY NIST Walton County Fire Rescue Emergency Services personnel received thanks for their efforts at the Aug. 23 Walton County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) meeting.

By ALICIA LEONARD Drivers traveling through the U.S. 331 overpass in DeFuniak Springs may have thought the group of parents and kids were going batty, and they would be right. The group was having lots of fun celebrating the International Year of the Bat with a bat count.

By PATRICK CASEY The Freeport Bulldogs played host to the Walton Braves in the 2011 high school football Kickoff Classic on Friday night and took away a 14-3 victory.

By DOTTY NIST Jim Fowler, renowned naturalist and star of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom and other television programs, was in Walton County on Aug. 27 for presentations at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center.