Subscribe to the Newspaper
View the Online Newspaper
Welcome
Search: Site   Web

News

LET IT FLY: Long passes are usually the most exciting, just like in football. Here a player winds up to let the disc sail down the field.
ULTIMATE GOOD TIMES: Emerald Coast Frisbee game flourishes (PHOTOS)
For Destin area residents who are interested in playing an organized sport, the perfect combination of competition and fun can be found in the game of ultimate. For more "Ultimate" photos, click here. The Emerald Coast Ultimate Club (ECUC), or the... Full story
Dennis Dumler
FROM BOY TO MAN: How one New Orleans Saint has impacted the life of one Destin resident
This Sunday, Destin resident Dennis Dumler will be watching the Super Bowl and cheering as hard for the Saints as any member of “The Who Dat” nation. Dumler’s cheers do not come from a certain kinship with the city or the team,... Full story
To drill or not to drill: South Walton High School holds forum
SANTA ROSA BEACH — Just weeks before the Legislature takes up the issue, supporters and opponents had their say Thursday on a proposal to drill for oil off Florida’s coast. The forum sponsored by the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center at... Full story
Kevin Greene
THE PRE BOWL: Local NFL veterans offer words of wisdom
After 43 years of existence and heading into their first Super Bowl, the Saints’ miracle ride has reached the moment of truth and NFL veterans with Destin ties are weighing in on the Crescent City’s chances and what it will take for... Full story
COLTS CRAZY: Destinite Kyle Merritt enjoys a game at Lucas Oil Stadium.
WRAPPED UP IN BLUE IN A BLACK AND GOLD WORLD: Snowbirds cling to their Colts
Saints madness has taken the Gulf Coast by storm. An entire region of the country that has never made the NFL a priority is suddenly cheerleading  a team that has perennially been at the bottom of the professional football barrel. As an NFL... Full story
‘Now I am going to beat you up since you said that'
DESTIN – A 28-year-old man was charged with fighting over money he thought was owed to him, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Another man told him he wasn’t going to pay him because he never completed... Full story
GO-GETTERS: Nick and Raymond Nguyen, pictured left to right, chased the vandals all the way from their shop next to McGuire's to the Destin Community Center.
'THEY HAD NO RESPECT': Destinite chases down pot kickers
Raymond Nguyen of Destin can’t be kicked around. The owner of Harbor Nail Spa at 41 Harbor Blvd. chased down two men that kicked a potted plant outside his business recently to “have a talk with them.” He said he was sitting in... Full story
HE WILL BE MISSED: Faye and Will struggle to move on after losing a beloved father and fiancé.
'REMEMBER WHEN MY HOUSE WENT BOOM': Faye Boroughs and her three-year-old son struggle to pick up the pieces (PHOTOS)
Most of the time, her worst memories float to the surface involuntarily. It happens when she looks in the mirror or down at her hands and sees the scars. When she visits the doctors that will be part of her life for at least a year. When she wakes... Full story
NO LEFT TURN: Ace Hardware owner Mitzi Richardson said this median in front of her business is inconvenient and dangerous.
MIXED ON MAIN STREET: Business owners like improvements, but ‘pain phase’ lingers for some
More than a year after the completion of the Main Street improvement project, reactions are mixed amongst the business community. Work began on Main Street in 2005 and continued for more than two years as negotiations with property owners over... Full story
Mountain Drive residents feel the pain (PHOTOS)
Roadwork on Mountain Drive has entered the “pain phase,” according to Public Services Director Steve Schmidt. The city broke ground on the roughly $4 million project in October, but construction work began in earnest last week as... Full story
Weather
Yellow Pages
NWS Destin - Fair
55.0°F
Fair - Winds from the Southeast at 16.1 gusting to 20.7 MPH (14 gusting to 18 KT)
Last Update: 2010-02-08 21:20:54
Sponsored by Vanderheyden, Inc.
ADVERTISEMENT 
ADVERTISEMENT 
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Should the city continue to fund emergency beach restoration projects on Holiday Isle?
Yes, Holiday Isle is a tourism engine that benefits all of Destin with bed taxes
Yes, they are our neighbors and they need help
No, the beach keeps eroding, and we are flushing our money away
No, it is their private property and they should pay for more sand
Who cares?
Enter The Code To Vote
 
Read Related Article
DISCLAIMER: This is an unscientific poll. People are encouraged to vote once. Polls are meant to engage readers and gauge public interest on this topic.
powered by
google
Search
        Search: Web    Site