The Walton County Planning Commission will hold its next regular meeting on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 4:00 PM at the Freeport Board Room, located at 842 State Highway 20 East in Freeport.

The Freeport Municipal Pool closes for the season after Labor Day, and the city is giving swimmers one last weekend — hot dogs included.

Walton County School District is recruiting school bus drivers as the third fastest-growing county in Florida keeps adding routes — and the routes in question carry Freeport Elementary, Middle, and High students every school day.

The Walton County Board of County Commissioners will meet Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. at the DeFuniak Springs BCC Boardroom, 571 US Highway 90 East, where the board is scheduled to formally adopt the county’s 2027-2032 Strategic Plan.

Volunteers can pitch in on International Coastal Cleanup Day this month at three Walton County locations, including Grady Brown Park in Freeport, on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 8 to 10 a.m.

Walton County Public Works will close one lane of Village Lane, off Business 331 in Freeport, from Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Thursday, Sept. 10, for drainage pipe installation.

City of Freeport offices will close Monday, September 7, in observance of Labor Day, with normal operations resuming Tuesday, September 8 at 8 a.m.

Freeport athletes are on this week’s ballot for the Northwest Florida Daily News’ Florida Power & Light Athlete of the Week, and voting is open now through 2 p.m. Friday.

The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is spotlighting two programs — Project Lifesaver and the SAFE Program — that help families protect loved ones with dementia, autism, and other special needs, and Freeport residents can enroll in both.

The Freeport City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday, September 1, 2026, at 5:00 PM at Freeport City Hall — one of five council sessions on the city’s September calendar.