DESTIN —A fundraiser for Shelter House of Northwest Florida raised over $33,800, the largest amount in the organization's history.According to a press release, more than 150 guests attended Shelter House’s 2nd Annual Palate and Palette Five-Course Wine Dinner and Live Painting on Jan. 27 at the Legendary Marine showroom in Destin. All proceeds went to Shelter House, the state-certified domestic and sexual violence center that has served Okaloosa [...]

Tweet on Russian probe aims at U.S. attorney general, who rebuts the comments but continues to faithfully execute Trump's agenda

A replacement crew will lift off from Kazakhstan on March 21 and bring the station back up to a full crew of six.

GULF BREEZE — Gulf Islands National Seashore has completed a five-month preservation project at Fort Pickens west of Pensacola Beach.The work, which began in November 2017, involved cleaning, repairing, repointing and in some cases replacing bricks within the historic fort. According to a press release from Gulf Islands National Seashore, the work "ensures the fort will continue to be one of the best examples of the American fort building in the 1800s."The National [...]

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Peace offer reasons that the Afghan war will not be settled militarily and that the growing cost in Afghan lives is unsustainable

PANAMA CITY BEACH — The start of March tomorrow means an end to drinking on the white sandy beaches as the Spring Break laws take effect for the season.Law enforcement officials have warned that like in years past there will be "zero tolerance."In 2017, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office and the Panama City Beach Police Department combined arrested 168 people for drinking alcohol on the beach in March. Most of the arrests were of people in their 20s, [...]

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“We’ve had calls about them in Navarre and Destin. They usually keep to themselves and don’t bother with pets and garbage, so they are around here, we are just not seeing them.”

News comes a day after Hicks was interviewed by the House panel investigating Russia interference in the 2016 election