LETTER: Love biking?: Don’t forget to lock them up
High gas prices encourage more people to ride their bicycles on errands. I have gone grocery shopping on my bicycle several times this year. I always lock my bike and the baskets as well because...
View ArticleGovernor Scott requests major disaster declaration for Panhandle
Governor Rick Scott made a request on Wednesday, July 24 to President Barack Obama for the State of Florida to receive a Major Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance to aid Florida counties...
View ArticleIN A PICKLE: It’s not just a snowbird sport!
Players gather almost every day in Destin to play pickleball, a cross between table tennis and badminton. The sport has gained popularity in the World’s Luckiest Fishing Village in recent years thanks...
View ArticleTwo arrested for allegedly stealing purses and wallets from Wal-Mart
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged two women with multiple charges after investigating reports of six victims having purses or wallets taken from their shopping carts at the Destin...
View ArticleOverheard on The Web: The soundtrack of Destin Part II
Recently The Log asked its almost 10,000 Facebook fans "what one song do you most associate with Destin?" While Jimmy Buffett may be the obvious choice, locals and visitors had plenty other...
View ArticleBeachgoers urged to use extra cautions as elevated risk of rip currents expected
Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) officials remind residents and visitors to stay alert and use caution at the beach this week, as an elevated risk of rip currents is expected along the...
View Article'Rediscovering Destin': Developer: ‘A grand statement’ breathed new life into...
As the Destin harbor and boardwalk continue to draw in visitors, the team at HarborWalk Village continues to create new experiences for them to explore. "The whole ideas is that you have to create a...
View ArticleFISH FLASH: Big bounty on the best day of week
After days upon days of rain and high seas, there was a break in the clouds Thursday and fishermen took advantage for some big catches. "It was the best day of the week," said Reid Phillips of the...
View ArticleON THE HORIZON: Big Three developers ponder the 'Next Big Thing' in Destin
As the economy continues to rebound from the downturn of the mid-2000s, heavy cranes once again dot the skyline. With the development landscape shifting toward a vertical state, The Log asked...
View ArticleCity leaders look beyond tourism as they envision a safer, stabilized future
The decision makers, policy shapers and influencers in Destin have high hopes for the future. Here's what City Manager Maryann Ustick, Mayor Sam Seevers, Councilmen Jim Foreman and Cyron Marler, and...
View ArticleMimmo mia! : Mimmo's Ristorante Italiano promises good food, good atmosphere
Chef Mimmo La Innusa is proudly serving an authentic taste of Italy in the heart of Destin, after opening Mimmo's Ristorante Italiano earlier this month. "I was both excited and nervous to open,"...
View ArticleRON HART: Liberal policies turn Motown into Notown
NEW YORK — It was a nice summer day. Kids were enjoying their summer break, diving for murder weapons in the Detroit River, when news of the city filing for bankruptcy broke. “I am shocked,” said no...
View ArticleA garden for Destin
Amy Holt is looking for individuals and businesses interested in helping to start and maintain a local community garden. The American Legion on Main Street has given permission to use the lot behind...
View ArticleA 'magic' garden: Working in the yard becomes a 'life-link' for one Destin woman
Marlies has won herself a fantastic husband, fashioned a joyful life and created a glorious garden. This is a great love story of Marlies and husband, Richard Benedict, of Kelly Plantation in Destin....
View ArticleMARY READY: High school reunion: A sentimental journey
Having transferred from base to base with my military family, I was always the “new kid” at school. Five decades later, with a strange wave of nostalgia washing over me, it’s become my bucket list to...
View ArticleThis week in Destin history: Floods of yesteryear
July 28 – Aug. 3 35 years ago — 1978 Twelve inches of rain in 10 days created flooding and washouts in Destin. Destin resident Dick McHarg showed off the dozens of hubcaps he collected in just one...
View ArticleThe Log's own cartoonist, Dill Beaty, to host workshop
Dill Beaty didn't know what he wanted to do when he graduated high school in the late 1950s. But he did know that that he loved to draw. "I've liked to draw from early in my childhood," he said. "I...
View ArticleResearchers seeking clues in ‘unprecedented’ dolphin die-off // VIDEO, MAP,...
PANAMA CITY BEACH — For the last three years, dolphins have been dying at an unprecedented rate in the Gulf of Mexico, and experts say there’s still no end in sight. “The length and the severity...
View ArticleWoman's abdomen cut by propeller
DESTIN - A woman from Louisiana suffered a severely cut abdomen Thursday evening when she fell off a moving boat and was cut by its propeller, according to Okaloosa Island firefighters. The incident...
View ArticleWar hero Bud Day dies at 88
SHALIMAR — Col. Bud Day, one of the military’s most decorated war heroes and a longtime veteran’s activist, has died at the age of 88. He passed away Saturday at his home in Shalimar surrounded by...
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