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SANTA ROSA BEACH — Walton County will miss what had been an informal goal of having a digital app in place by the March start of this years tourist season to handle vending of beach chairs, umbrellas and other amenities by the private companies handling that business. Development of the app has been pushed by newly elected Commissioner Mike Barker, and the issue recently made its way onto a list of priorities connected to proposed changes in the countys beach activities ordinance. The county...

DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Walton County Commissioner William "Boots" McCormick will ask his commission colleagues Tuesday to consider a resolution on former president Donald Trumps extension of a federal moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the eastern Gulf of Mexico to the year 2032. McCormick has placed the issue on the agenda for the commissions meeting, set for 9 a.m. at the courthouse annex on Coastal Centre Boulevard off U.S. Highway 331 in Santa Rosa Beach. The meeting also will be availa...

The moratorium is important for the future of both the states tourism industry and to the U.S. military, which uses the 120,000-square-mile Gulf Test Range in the eastern Gulf for a variety of munitions testing and training activities. The range is overseen by the 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base. Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who represents Northwest Florida in Congress, consistently has called preserving and enhancing the range his top legislative priority." In the Friday announcement, S...