NORRIEGO NOW! City approves funding for phase one of point stabilization
With a problematic t-groin continuing to cause shoaling along the tip of Norriego Point, city leaders are set to install a sheet pile wall as corrective action. "We feel this is urgent; this is...
View ArticlePlaying Cupid: Local matchmaker and relationship consultant gears up for...
Heart-shaped pink boxes line store shelves, roses are in bundles, and parents and kids are frantically filling out little square cards; it's Valentine’s Day once again. For Destin resident Denise...
View ArticleSNOWBIRD SILLIES: Valentine’s Day for groan-ups and presidential pun-ditry
Valentine's day is a love-ly day. Happy Valentine's Day to all with some poetry and puns! Won't you be my Valentine? It really would be neat… The very first time I saw you, My pacemaker skipped a...
View ArticleOVERHEARD ON THE WEB: Valentine's Edition
With Valentine's Day less than a week away, we asked our Facebook family to share where they thought the most romantic place to spend Valentine's Day in Destin is. Here is what they had to say. Donna...
View ArticleAutopsy reports: Boat accident victims were intoxicated
Former high school basketball coach Robert Williams and two young women riding on his boat drowned after being thrown into Choctawhatchee Bay when the vessel rammed a piling of the Mid-Bay Bridge in...
View ArticleConcrete erosion control at Mattie Kelly Park worries resident
What the city calls an emergency erosion safeguard at Mattie Kelly Park, Destin resident Phil Knight sees as an “accident waiting to happen.” Knight first raised a concern involving the concrete...
View ArticleMayors lament strip club situation
Elected city leaders may not be able to comment on the particulars or the possibility of a strip club settlement, but a gag order can't stop tears. "It has been probably for me one of the most...
View ArticleCatch-22? Captains grapple with the pros and cons of snapper experiment
The party boat captains who are able to catch red snapper as part of a pilot program are thrilled with how things are going so far, but it has others seeing red. "I've built my business in 22 years on...
View ArticleTHE WORLD'S LOVELIEST FISHING VILLAGE: Readers share their Destin love stories
Destin has been the fairy tale setting for many a love story. In the run-up to Valentine’s Day, The Log asked readers from far and wide to share their Destin love story. Here are some of them. The...
View ArticleThe couple that works together stays together in Destin
The Look of Love For Rafael and Stacey Mollega, it was love at first sight — sort of. "We've been married for 15 years, worked together for 17," said Rafael. "That's how we met. Working at an...
View ArticleCitizens set to rally in advance of strip club meeting
With a council discussion and possible vote on a Destin strip club settlement set for Feb. 24, Citizens for a Greater Destin is rallying residents at a Feb. 17 meeting. “It’s down to the wire,” said...
View ArticleHistory and Fishing Museum sets future course
With newly acquired space and a few new hand-picked relics from the past, the Destin History and Fishing Museum is moving into the future. "We now have a 25-year lease on this building," Fishing...
View ArticleHELP DETERMINE WHO WILL BE THE FINEST!
The fourth annual Finest on the Emerald Coast — a readers’ choice program that allows our readers to make their selections for the area’s finest in more than 160 categories — begins on Saturday, Feb....
View ArticleSkip Overdier has gone from Vietnam and working with drones to digging his...
EDITOR’S NOTE: As part of The Log's election coverage leading up to the March 11 city council elections, we will be profiling each candidate. Stories will appear each Wednesday and Saturday....
View ArticleCity tackling tier system changes as part of comp plan revisions
Under the city's current development standards, the system that governs height limits could best be described as challenging and subjective. But proposed changes to the city's tiering guidelines and...
View ArticleThis week in Destin history: Plans were announced for a Destin ball park
Feb. 16 - 22 40 years ago — 1974 The Destin Community Center Board voted to launch a $10,000 fund-raising campaign to refurbish the old building. Bill Jones was elected president of the community...
View ArticleTake a bite out of paradise: Margaritaville, chili cookoff and sushi coming...
What do margaritas, chili and sushi have in common? They will all have their moment in the spotlight at Destin’s HarborWalk Village. The food and fun begins on Feb. 17 at 10 a.m., when Jimmy Buffett’s...
View ArticleREADY: The busyness of doing the ‘death stuff”
If only a drape of peace would gently settle over those left behind when a loved one has died. But the opposite is the case, as any family can testify, in the aftermath of loss. Sometimes it’s worry...
View ArticleLETTER: Help crack down on door-to-door solicitors
I live in Destin proper, by the elementary school, and Thursday a man and a woman (mid-20s) came to my door selling cleaning products. They were not in uniforms, had no name tags, they had no business...
View ArticleNine companies submit plans for concessions at Henderson Beach State Park
The deadline has passed for potential vendors to submit their business plans for concessions services at Henderson Beach State Park, and a total of nine proposals were filed. Plans were submitted by...
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