Air New Orleans May Resume Destin Flight Service
Okaloosa County officials say Air New Orleans plans to restart round trip service between Destin and New Orleans with departures from New Orleans or Panama City on Thursdays Fridays and Sunday evenings starting in May. The airline would operate as a drop off service at the airport without terminal use and no fixed base operator arrangements. Commissioners will seek comments from the Destin Airport fixed base operator Walt Brigman before proceeding.
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Air New Orleans
Destin Airport
Walt Brigman
Cheese Distribution at Shrine Fairgrounds Fort Walton Beach
Five pound blocks of cheese will be distributed today April 27 from 9 am to 5 pm at the Shrine Fairgrounds in Fort Walton Beach. Eligible recipients include seniors aged 60 or older, food stamp or welfare recipients, or unemployed. Destin residents may pick up cheese at the Council on Aging building 105 Santa Rosa Boulevard.
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Shrine Fairgrounds
Fort Walton Beach
Destin
Council On Aging
Santa Rosa Boulevard
Right turn lane sought at Benning Drive and Highway 98
Destin district seeks a right turn only lane on Benning Drive onto Highway 98 as a priority in the fiscal 84 85 road plan. Okaloosa County Commissioner Mike Mitchell started a cost feasibility study after a Destin Chamber of Commerce request. The chamber says the lane would ease traffic and reduce accidents and asks repainting of several stop lines and signs. County Engineer Dave Heinrich says sites will be checked for possible priority on next year's list.
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Benning Drive
Highway 98
District 5
Destin
Destin Chamber of Commerce
Okaloosa County
Mike Mitchell
Chamber
Main Street
Indian Trail
Kelly Street
Main
Kelly
Beach Drive
Kelly and Benning
Palmetto Drive
Mountain Drive
Dave Heinrich
Compromise on saltwater license split boat group in Tallahassee
A tentative deal would cut the charter and party boat saltwater license from 500 to 25 dollars annually and exempt vessel passengers from individual licenses. Destin Charter Boat Association and supporters argued passengers should pay to fund fishery enforcement while lawmakers weigh the plan.
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Jim Chitwood
Tallahassee
Destin Charter Boat Association
Pete Dunbar
Crystal Beach
DCBA
Malcolm Patterson
Destin
Fran Beaird
House Natural Resources Committee
Dunbar
DCRA
Patterson
Destin Chamber backs runway extension and ILS push
The Destin Chamber urged Okaloosa County to seek federal funding to extend Destin Airport runways from 5 000 to 6 000 feet and to pursue an Instrument Landing System. Airport Manager Coy Thomason warned FAA approval depends on need, environmental and land concerns, and master plan justification while noting possible Eglin resistance to an ILS.
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Jim Chitwood
Okaloosa County
Destin Airport
Destin
Pansion
Coy Thomason
Chamber Board
Federal Aviation Administration
Thomason
Addi
FAA
Chamber
Malcolm Patterson
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Opportunity
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Eglin Air Force Base
Eglin
Air Force
Galleria Shopping Center
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