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LISTEN: F-22 Raptor crashes at Eglin Air Force Base May 15, 2020

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LISTEN: Netflix series Tiger King's, Carole Baskin to be featured on Alaqua Animal Refuge webcast/fundraiser May 14, 2020

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LISTEN: Winning Fantasy 5 ticket sold in Navarre - winning numbers 14-18-25-29-30 ( May 13 drawing) May 14, 2020

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LISTEN: Sheriff says Florida woman beat adopted son with dog chain, chipped his teeth with pliers May 11, 2020

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LISTEN: 7 arrested in Fort Walton Beach narcotics search May 11, 2020

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LISTEN - COVID-19 UPDATE - Walton cases continue to rise, state deaths trending down May 11, 2020

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LISTEN: Big Kahuna's owners file for bankruptcy, intend to sell property May 08, 2020

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When the coronavirus scare has ended and Big Kahuna’s Water & Adventure Park is allowed to reopen, it will do so under new ownership.Apex Parks Group which purchased the park in 2014, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and intends to sell the property. An auction originally scheduled for Friday has been moved to Monday, according to Laura Davis Jones, an attorney whose firm is conducting the auction. Bidding gets underway at 11 a.m. Eastern time in Delaware.Apex Parks Group “is pursuing a comprehensive financial restructuring aimed at reducing the company’s current debt and, ultimately, enhancing operations to continue to serve guests and communities for years to come,” a company news release said.Its intention is to sell to APX Acquisition Company LLC, which held much of the Apex Parks Group debt prior to its filing for bankruptcy in April.“The lenders will ... provide financing to support the company during the restructuring,” the release said.

LISTEN - 5 MILE SWAMP FIRE UPDATE - (May 8 ) - Blaze grows to 2,180 acres, wind shift expected to push fire north May 08, 2020

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LISTEN: South Walton Wildfire 75% contained, efforts move to helping victims May 08, 2020

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As firefighters continued to work Friday to fully contain the Mussett Bayou wildfire that scorched nearly 600 acres and destroyed nearly 40 homes, focus was shifting toward efforts to help the residents displaced by the blaze.As of early Friday morning, the Florida Forest Service reported that the fire was 75% contained, with little fire activity observed during the night.In the meantime, to help ensure that donations to those rebuilding their lives in the wake of the blaze will match their needs, Walton County Emergency Management personnel have been working to contact victims of the fire directly to ask about those needs, according to Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson.

LISTEN: Wildfires burning, damaging homes in multiple Northwest Florida counties May 07, 2020

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