By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla. Aug. 2--The next step in beach restoration happens at Destin City Council's Monday meeting.

By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla. Jul. 26--Destin beachfront owners would pay $4.45 million to help restore their eroded beaches under a funding plan the Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council presented this week.

By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla. Jul. 12--Beach restoration could begin in Destin by the end of this year or early 2009, if there's a dredge available to move the sand, Okaloosa County Beach Projects Coordinator Jim Trifilio said.

By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla. Jun. 18--"If you could get 34 percent to turn out for an election in the county, you'd say we'd set some kind of record," Destin homeowner Terry Trojan says.

By Wendy Victora, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Jun. 18--OKALOOSA ISLAND -- On the days he doesn't have to work, Paul Floyd of Fort Walton Beach comes down to the island and gets slimed.