The sheriff has become one of the loudest and most influential voices in the “Kill the Drill” movement, which is a grassroots ...

Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith asked WCTV to accompany him on a tour of the Apalachicola River to - in his words- show off the splendor of his county's most prized jewel in the face of possible ...

The state of Georgia has won another legal case in its long-running “water wars” with Florida and Alabama. A federal judge ...

Measures to protect the Apalachicola river and bay are moving in both chambers. Lawmakers from Florida’s Big Bend delegation ...

The House Natural Resources & Disasters Subcommittee on Tuesday unanimously approved the House bill, which received support ...

Once upon a time, the state of Florida did everything in its power to protect the Apalachicola River ecosystem, but now the state is proposing to permit oil drilling in the river floodplain and ...

Legislation to prohibit oil and gas drilling in the North Florida wilderness along the Apalachicola River cleared a House ...

Sheriff A.J. 'Tony' Smith hosted a two-hour boat ride to explain why North Florida is no place for oil drilling.

When the British evacuated Florida in the spring of 1815, they left a well-constructed and fully-armed fort on the Apalachicola River in the hands of their allies, about 300 African Americans and ...

Lawmakers are considering the issue after the Department of Environmental Protection last year approved a draft permit for ...

Sheriff Smith expresses concern over potential environmental damage from a proposed oil drilling project near the Apalachicola River. Smith argues an oil spill could devastate the region's ...