The Florida House Wednesday OK'd a bipartisan proposal that effectively bans oil drilling for 52 miles along the banks of the ...

Amid growing concerns over a plan to drill for oil and gas near the Apalachicola River, a proposal by two North Florida ...

Amid growing concerns over a plan to drill for oil and gas near the Apalachicola River, a proposal by two North Florida ...

HB 1143 includes a drilling ban within 10 miles of the state’s three National Estuarine Research Reserves — Apalachicola Bay, Guana Tolomato Matanzas and Rookery Bay. An oil lobbyist was the only ...

Florida House unanimously approves bill banning oil drilling near Apalachicola River. The bill now moves to the Senate, where a similar but less restrictive bill awaits. Both bills aim to protect ...

The House bill sponsors said that their legislation is a response to a decision last year by the FDEP to permit an exploratory oil well along the Apalachicola River..

The bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to evaluate how oil spills could impact coastal industries.

Many of these waterfalls can be found deep in state parks, along rough hiking trails, or down in steep sinkholes.

Multiple fires broke out in Bay County over the weekend, including a shed fire that damaged several structures and a brush fire near Under the Oaks Park. PANAMA CITY — Multiple fires broke out over ...