Environment

Rising temperatures, increasing nutrients, and changing currents could all be factors in the algae expansion.

Apalachicola Bay opened Jan. 1 for a brief season lasting through the end of February. It’s the first time the bay has opened for commercial harvesting since 2020, when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission closed the area due to declining oyster reefs.

The proposed offshore driling plan would open nearly 20 million acres of the eastern Gulf to potential oil and gas activity.

Lawmakers are back in Tallahassee this week for their annual session. Environmentalists are concerned about bills that would reduce local government control over pollution and new developments.

FIORE of Pensacola owner's first documentary screens at Mountainfilm on Tour

The crabs' numbers have been depleted in recent years because of a loss of habitat and their value for testing new medicines.

Jan. 17 screening supports local waterways and nonprofit groups

A South Florida man claims long-term use of the herbicide led to his diagnosis with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He is suing the product's Germany-based manufactuer, Bayer Corp.

A local high school student was awarded the 2025 Keep Florida Beautiful Youth Champion of the Year award.

Okaloosa County Commissioners unanimously agreed to reach out to state and federal legislators to oppose a 74,000-acre carbon storage hub potentially located in Florala, Alabama.