Settlement Ahead for Highway Bid Protest
A bid protest over the Highway 98 beach bypass delays construction. The protest by Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises challenges Couch Construction’s nearly 7.68 million award to relocate the road. A March hearing may lead to a resolution before August and potential appeals to the First District Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Highway 98 Beach
Tallahassee
Mark Linsky
Destin
State Department of Transportation
Linsky
Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises Inc
DOT
Dothan
Couch Construction Co
Okaloosa
Bob Benton
Benton
Paul Pappas
First District Court of Appeals
Okaloosa Asphalt
Couch Construction
Alabama
A.L. Nabors
Couch
Nabors
County Approves MSTUs to Fund Sheriff Services
Okaloosa County commissioners authorize Municipal Services Taxing Units to raise funds for sheriff deputy activity in unincorporated areas and Destin, using a three month activity sample to set ratios. Dispatching and park funding remain county wide. Fort Walton Beach Industrial Park interests cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen MacGrogan
Destin
Okaloosa County
Okaloosa
MSTU
MSTA
Sheriff's Department
Larry Gilbert
Emergency Medical Service
Commission
Larry Anders
Clement E. Taylor
Taylor Park
Okaloosa Board Advances 1000-Foot Runway Extension
Commissioner Mike Mitchell led a FAA pre-application filing to extend Destin Airport runway by 1000 feet amid a 2-1 vote with Anders in favor and Peebles dissenting. Absences influenced last week’s 2-2 deadlock as Ransom opposed extending beyond 500 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingrid Kreis
Okaloosa County
Mike Mitchell
Federal Aviation Administration
Destin Airport
Crestview
FAA
Mitchell
Commission
Larry Anders
Bill Peebles Jr
Shirley Ransom
Peebles
Hugh Adams
Ransom
Mother's long search ends in embrace at Okaloosa Airport
Teresa Mathison of Destin reunites with her son Kenny Thibert after 26 years apart, the late plane bringing a missing child to a poignant homecoming. The reunion caps Mathison's quarter century effort to locate her three children taken after a 1957 marriage dispute.
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Son
Karen MacGrogan
Okaloosa Air Terminal
Teresa Mathison
Destin
Kenny Thibert
Mathison
Skip
Kenny
Kevin
Wisconsin
Teresa
Oregon
Montana
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Mark Lent
Walton
Der
Beach Beach
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