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- Navarre gulf access gets early pass
- NAVARRE BEACH, FL - The committee working to reopen the long-closed Navarre Pass has new life after Santa Rosa County commissioners amended a plan that would have stalled the project. Commissioners voted last week to approve an amended version... Full story
- Opal Beach Park officially open
- NAVARRE BEACH, FL — Opal Beach Park and State Road 399 on Santa Rosa Island are now both completely open. Major construction at Opal Beach Park ended last week and the entire park has been reopened to visitors. Portions of... Full story
- June grass is back in local waters
- DESTIN, FL - Just in time for tourist season, June grass has returned to local waters. The feathery algae blooms in warm water and is common in the Gulf of Mexico during the summer months. It has been spotted in waters off Walton,... Full story
- Opal Beach Park partially reopens
- NAVARRE BEACH, FL - Construction on the roughly $3.5 million repair of Opal Beach Park is nearing completion, and portions of the park were reopened for the first time in nearly five years this past weekend. Opal Beach Park had been closed since... Full story
- 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
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