Clear, emerald-green waters make for great watersports visibility. Photo by Roberto GonzalezEmerald Coast Known for its clear ...

Growing up in New York City, Paula Hughbanks thought her uncle was a star. Meeting celebrities, traveling around the world — ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded $9.5 million for 10 projects focused on enhancing coral nursery infrastructure and expanding operations, furthering Florida’s efforts t ...

A 204-acre transformation is underway in Fort Pierce, bringing something you won’t find anywhere else in Florida: a world-class, man-made surf park.

The SS United States will soon be sunk off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida to become an artificial reef after ...

The SS United States had a distinguished career as a transatlantic steamship. Now, officials in Florida plan to turn it into ...

The sinking of the SS United States will create the world's largest artificial reef ... just Destin-Fort Walton Beach, it's going to benefit the entire Gulf Coast of Northwest Florida and the ...

Evan Troxell's Gulf Coast Crawfish Company does boils on Fridays at Mid-City Yacht Club from 4-8 p.m., and from noon to 5 p.m ...

UPDATE (5:15 p.m.): News 5 is learning more about a man who was arrested at the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport Wednesday. The investigation into the man — 36-year-old Robert Watson III ...

Florida law requires children 5 and younger to be secured in a federally approved child restraint device, while children ages 6-17 must always wear seat belts. The Fort Walton Beach Police ...

The vessel's final resting place will be off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where it will become the world's largest artificial reef. Okaloosa County hopes the ship will become a ...

She will remain there for up to 12 months while crews from Coleen Marine readies the ship for one more voyage somewhere about 20 miles off Destin-Fort Walton Beach in the Florida panhandle ...