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- Beach Wheelchairs Available on the Beaches of South Walton
- SANTA ROSA BEACH, FL - The South Walton Fire District, in partnership with the Walton County Tourist Development Council, has developed a program that provides three beach wheelchairs, strategically... Full story
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- Navarre gulf access gets early pass
- NAVARRE BEACH, FL - The committee working to... Full story
- Opal Beach Park officially open
- NAVARRE BEACH, FL — Opal Beach Park and... Full story
- June grass is back in local waters
- DESTIN, FL - Just in time for tourist season,... Full story
Vacations: Beaches
- Going green with warning flags
- NAVARRE BEACH, FL - The beach warning flags on Navarre Beach soon could go green. Since 1997, Santa Rosa County has had a policy of never flying a green beach flag, even when conditions in the gulf were optimum for swimming. The... Full story
- Work moving along on pier
- NAVARRE BEACH, FL - Santa Rosa County officials want the public to check out the progress of construction of the new fishing pier. Ed Waters and Son Contracting Co. of St. Augustine started work last month on the pier on Navarre... Full story
- Lifeguards patrol the beach trying to prevent disaster
- WALTON COUNTY, FL - A weekend of clouds, rain and very little sunshine could not keep people off the beach. "Every time the sun has come out, so have the people," Gary Wise, director of Walton County Beach Safety, said.... Full story
- There is a lot to a beautiful sand dune
- MILTON, FL - At first glance, sand dunes seem to be nothing but beautiful accessories to white, sandy beaches, but when hurricanes roll in, they take on an entirely different roll. Riley Hoggard, the natural resource specialist at Gulf Islands... Full story
- Volunteers needed to watch turtles
- PORT ST. JOE - Volunteers are needed to assist in the continued monitoring of sea turtle nesting activity and hatchling disorientation events on the Cape. Volunteers must be reliable and be able to walk at least two miles on the... Full story
- Work begins on Navarre pier
- NAVARRE BEACH, FL - In a move many local anglers have been waiting years for, work has begun on a new fishing pier. Santa Rosa County fishermen have been without a useable pier of their own since September 2004, when Hurricane... Full story
- Double drownings put spotlight on riptides, flags
- DESTIN, FL - Rip currents claimed two more lives on Destin beaches over the weekend, once again drawing much needed attention to this fatal force of nature. "I've been here for five years now and we've rescued over 500 people on the beach in... Full story
- Wanted: Hollywood set on the Emerald Coast
- OKALOOSA COUNTY, FL - Could writer-director-actor Tyler Perry succumb to the same charms that brought Jim Carrey, Gregory Peck and Roy Scheider to the Emerald Coast? According to Emerald Coast Film Commissioner Linda Sargeant,... Full story
- Santa Rosa Beach business creates local craze
- SANTA ROSA BEACH, FL - You Only Live Once. Meet two guys who believe that philosophy so much that they named their business after the acronym made by the statement - Yolo Board. Five years ago, Jeff Archer and Tom Losee were neighboring business... Full story
- Back to the beach
- Lifeguards returning as officials look to tourist season
- SANTA ROSA BEACH, FL — Bent over at the shoreline with her hands on her knees, Whitney Winkel caught her breath and watched gentle, emerald-green waves dissipate into froth at her feet. She was among the 16 Walton... Full story
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