Beaches

Plan on heat index values over 100 degrees. In addition, rip currents are expected at Atlantic and Panhandle beaches.

Florida's busy tourism season is fast approaching. The early arrival of red tide during the spring break period may concern some visitors to the greater Tampa Bay region.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a measure that will allow cities and counties to restrict smoking at beaches and parks that they own.

Lawmakers want to give local governments the ability to regulate tobacco use on city and county owned property like parks and beaches. But some are worried about what those changes could mean for the rights of smokers.

Santa Rosa Beach attorney Daniel Uhlfelder, who filed the lawsuit this spring to try to force the closure of beaches statewide, responded Friday to an appeals court order to show why he and his lawyers should not face sanctions for pursuing the appeal.

Visitors from other states are returning to Northwest Florida’s beaches. While the nation is still in the midst of a pandemic, the relaxation of traveling restrictions and the reopening of restaurants, beaches and short-term vacation rentals, is luring longtime visitors back to the coast.

Reopening the Panama City Beach sands is the first major decision facing the popular tourist town's newly elected leaders. At least three City Council…

Panama City Beach’s main attraction will remain off-limits for at least two more weeks after local leaders extended an order to shut down access to the…

For years the Florida legislature has funded Visit Florida – a group charged with advertising and marketing tourism for the state. It works overseas, and…

Florida lawmakers want to weigh in on who really has access to the state’s beaches. A bill moving in the statehouse is meant to settle a long-running…