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Workshop focuses on Choctawhatchee Bay estuary

OKALOOSA ISLAND — The Emerald Coast Convention Center hosted a Northwest Florida Estuary Program workshop on Wednesday.The estuary program works to preserve the environment across the Panhandle by combining the resources of Okaloosa, Walton and Washington counties to protect the more than $1.6-billion tourism industry that provides 36,000 jobs.The program focused on improving water quality through stormwater infrastructure, dirt road paving and habitat restoration. [...]
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PCB officials mull alcohol ban extension

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Officials have proposed extending the March alcohol ban into late April next year, saying some “rowdy” groups have decided to pack the beach at the end of the ban. Mayor Mike Thomas said he’s driven around the Beach and noticed more crowds of people who visited toward the beginning of April. “There was a lot of congregating of groups. I had a lot of families say they felt uncomfortable. As soon as March was over, groups [...]
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