The Walton County Health Department conducts regularly scheduled saltwater beach water quality monitoring at seven sites through the Healthy Beaches Monitoring Program.
A coalition of conservation, wildlife and public health groups in the Gulf region and in Alaska filed a citizen suit under the provisions of the Federal Clean Water Act today to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a rule on chemical oil dispersants.
Due to a sewage spill in the Sandestin area of Walton County the Walton County Health Department is issuing a health advisory for the Horseshoe Bayou and nearby areas in the Choctawhatchee Bay.
A federal civil rights complaint alleges that black children in five Florida school districts are suspended from school, arrested at school or given other punishments at a higher rate than other students.
Authorities in Marianna arrested 30-year-old Timothy Wayne Russ after making a routine traffic stop.
Investigators say they found a loaded weapon under his seat.
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