Bella Riggs was crowned Miss Destin 2025 at Destin High School on Saturday night. Riggs, a 17-year-old high school junior, won a $5,000 scholarship and the Nancy Cheney Congeniality Award.

Economists lay out the good and the bad of the mayor’s proposal to convert thousands of short-term units to long-term housing. Maui Mayor Richard Bissen’s plan to convert several thousand ...

DESTIN, Fla. -- The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is working on a traffic fatality on Wednesday afternoon. Deputies said around 1 p.m., the incident occurred in the westbound lanes of Emerald ...

DESTIN, Fla. -- Construction is underway on the campus of Destin Elementary School. The district is building additional classrooms to transform the school from its current pre-K through 4th grades ...

“It’s a community that deserves something cool, like a really good beach bar.” The restaurant, which serves from 9 a.m. until 15 minutes before sunset daily (rain or shine), features a mix of original ...

Eleven contestants participated in the annual Miss Destin harbor cruise aboard the Southern Star. The contestants received gift bags filled with various items, including stuffed animals ...

“When we brew everybody is happy, so can we keep doing that?” Kelly said. “Destin didn’t have a namesake brewery at the time, so I said let’s start a brewery.” “I started making beer and it was ...