BCC DISCUSSES FUNDING OPTIONS FOR BIKE PATH Bed tax considered. _____ SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS TENTATIVE BUDGET, MILLAGE RATE FInal hearing on Sept. 6. _____ CAMACHO/JONES LAWSUIT TO BE HEARD IN SANTA ROSA COUNTY Walton judges recuse themselves. _____ CRAIG TO SERVE AS CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD ATTORNEY Will represent board, not staff. _____ EAGLE SCOUT BUILDS [...]

By ALICIA LEONARD The Walton County School Board (WCSB) met in a special but quickly wrapped-up second session July 30. Approval of prior minutes, agreements, contracts, transportation, personnel recommendations, school handbooks and a public hearing to adopt a tentative budget and millage rate were on the agenda. A final public hearing on the budget and [...]

By DOTTY NIST There is no question that Walton County’s Timpoochee Trail bicycle/pedestrian path network in south Walton County is very popular for tourists and residents; the question is where the county can find funding to maintain the path in a safe fashion, plus improve the trail network with new bicycle/pedestrian bridges.

By DOTTY NIST The July 24 weekly meeting of the Citizens for Honest Government focused on the Walton County Clerk of Courts. This was the latest installment of the group’s Citizens’ Academy series.

By JEFFREY POWELL Current visitors to the Walton County Courthouse must enter the building from the east. This allows everyone entering to be screened by security personnel. This entrance also routes citizens away from two war monuments that sit on the courthouse’s south lawn. One of those monuments honors Walton County soldiers killed in battle [...]

By REID TUCKER A silver medal at the Amateur Athletic Union’s Junior Olympic Games ranked Gabe Moore as the highest-scoring intermediate-age decathlete in Florida history and third-best nationally in 2012 among all ages.

TDA#12TX120030 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TAX DEED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that WELLS FARGO OBO TLST 2010-1R1 the holder of the following certificate has filed said certificate for a tax deed to be issued thereon. The certificate number and year of issuance, the description of the property, and the names in which it was assessed [...]

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