KOH-lah} Bay re-opened for limited wild oyster harvesting after a five-year pause. Oyster eaters and fishermen are delighted.

DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Attendees at the 34th annual Florida Renaissance Festival brought colorful costumes and celebrated at a fun outing in Deerfield Beach Saturday. Participants and ...

The time-honored work of commercial fishing continues in some small pockets of Florida, but the state's first industry has nearly vanished amid explosive development. The Treasure Coast once was lined ...

Gresham’s new fire chief is making history for the city, becoming the city’s first Black chief in department history. A missed deadline is raising new questions about the future of a bill that would ...

Running for an entire week from Feb. 23 to March 1, the 2026 Hilton Head Island Seafood Festival features master classes, tastings and tours that take visitors beyond the plate. Courtesy of Hilton ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 2, 2026 ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — An annual seafood festival is set to return to Orange Beach. The 34th Annual Orange Beach Seafood Festival is ...

The 34th Annual Orange Beach Seafood Festival is returning to The Wharf on Saturday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to the event website, the free festival is set to feature arts and crafts ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A multi-organizational research team from the University of West Florida received the 2026 Mark E. Mack Community Engagement award from the Society for Historical Archaeology.

They gather there most mornings around 7 a.m., weather-worn hands picking at plates of hashbrowns and cups of coffee scattered across two shoved-together tables. Many of their families have lived in ...