The Fourth Annual Fireworks Extravaganza at CrossFaith Church, 5701 North Highway 29, will be Friday, July 4. Gates open at 5 ...

Interest in the topic is high based on survey participation. Monday's meeting gives residents time with county staff who are creating the plan.

Tuesday was a joyous June morning for both vacationer Bekki Kennedy and a manatee she spotted frolicking in the waters south of La Rua Street.

In our region, manatees have been reported as far north as the Blackwater River in Milton." In 2021, the Panhandle Manatee Program was formed to expand the state's sighting network into the Panhandle.

And sure enough, "in our region, manatees have been reported as far north as the Blackwater River in Milton." Manatee sighting: Herd of 19 manatees spotted in Navarre Beach.

Jason L. Pickles, now incarcerated at Blackwater River Corrections Facility in Milton, named Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd as a defendant, along with Polk deputies, a registered nurse and Yes ...

The Santa Rosa County Commission will use Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program funds to construct a greenhouse where marsh grass will be grown ...

In June 2020, Florida environmental regulators ordered the city to cease discharging wastewater into the nearby Blackwater River in two phases. The city was to reduce treated wastewater discharges by ...

The Blackwater River in the Panhandle is a popular paddling destination. Milton’s sewer plant dumps its treated effluent directly into the river. (Photo via Visit Florida) I’m back in the Panhandle ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Procrasti — er, excuse me, “Protection” — has ordered Milton to stop dumping its treated effluent into the Blackwater River by the end of 2025.