Page 5 - Barbara Morano News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Developers of a proposed hotel on West Hewett Road must partner with county to fix a problem intersection to move forward.

"That's what I hate the most," she said. "It would have been such a lovely place." And in many respects, much of Walton County will remain a lovely place, inasmuch as thousands of acres are protected from development as state forestlands, within the Nokuse Plantation private nature preserve, as parts of the sprawling Eglin Air Force Base reservation or as undevelopable wetlands. At the same time, however, more and more people are looking at Walton County, particularly the south end along its beaches, as a place to live, work, retire or visit. U.S. Census figures show that the county's popu...

Walton County code enforcement officers issue 80 citations for double-red flag violations Jim Thompson, Northwest Florida Daily News SANTA ROSA BEACH — Eighty citations with the accompanying $500 fines have been issued to people caught in recent weeks on Walton County beaches violating double-red flag warnings and entering dangerous surf in the Gulf of Mexico. Before the increase, the fine for a first double-red flag violation had been $100. Under the amended ordinance, the first violation and all subsequent violations carry a $500 fine.   Tony Cornman, the county's code...

SANTA ROSA BEACH — In a move aimed to ensure the public has ample opportunity for comment on a proposed mobility plan and fee structure that would guide the county's transportation infrastructure development for the next 20 years, Walton County commissioners informally indicated Tuesday that they will take the proposal on the road. An ordinance associated with the plan, which outlines 200 projects across the county, with hundreds of millions of dollars of the eventual total cost slated to come from a countywide mobility fee — along with state and federal sources to cover a remaining sh...

SANTA ROSA BEACH — The Walton County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the creation of a beach safety advisory group, a fact-finding body that will report to the commission on potential new ways of addressing beach safety issues.  Comprising at least representatives of the Walton County Sheriff's Office, the South Walton Fire District, the county's Code Compliance and Emergency Management offices and the Walton County Tourist Development Council (TDC), creation of the working group comes as the county recently has seen four drownings in the Gulf of Mexico among visitors, a...