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The weekly report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission indicated Friday that red tide, although affecting our neighbors to the east, has not been observed in Santa Rosa County.

It has been observed in small to medium concentrations in or offshore of Okaloosa, Walton and Bay counties, the latest report said.

Allegiant Airlines announced Friday morning that it would be offering new nonstop service to Minneapolis and Las Vegas out of Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport. The Minneapolis route begins Friday, Oct. 1, while the Las Vegas service takes off Oct. 7.

The new flights will be offered twice a week.

A Department of Environmental Protection investigation into reports of a fecal odor near Hidden Creek Golf Course found no evidence of abnormal operations, according to a press release sent out by Holley-Navarre Water System.

There have been no “exceedances” since January 2021, according to DEP’s response.

Thursday morning, there was no house at 7509 Gulf Boulevard.

By just after noon, one-quarter of a 3,000-plus square foot home had been trucked down the road, lifted and lowered into place. Within a few hours, that percentage was up to half. By sunset, the whole structure was expected to be in place on pilings.  

A 17-year-old Gulf Breeze teen has been cited for a Tuesday morning accident that tied up traffic on U.S. Highway 98 in the Tiger Point area.

The boy turned right from Central Parkway onto the highway, failing to notice a loaded dump truck in that lane. The truck driver, a 47-year-old man from Milton, tried to avoid hitting the teen’s vehicle, but struck the car anyway before overturning.