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The Defuniak Herald 

BCC approves $117,500 settlement of counterclaim in customary use lawsuit  

Walton County has approved a settlement providing for the dismissal with prejudice of beachfront property owners Lionel and Tammy Alford from Walton County’s customary use lawsuit, which remains an open case in Walton County Circuit Court. 

 

Tampa Bay Newspaper 

Treasure Island, county grapple with Army Corps stance on beach renourishment  

TREASURE ISLAND — Pinellas County Administrator Barry Burton told Treasure Island commissioners the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ refusal to modify regulatory language governing beach renourishment could be “personal” and has impacted other federal permits sought by the county. 

 

WFTV 

‘It has to be done’: Volusia County first responders train for mass shooting response 

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A multi-agency training took place at the Daytona International Speedway on Wednesday. Law enforcement leaders called it an unprecedented event. 

 

WCJB 

Long-time former Dixie County commissioner dies 

OLD TOWN, Fla. (WCJB) – Many in Dixie County are mourning the loss of a man who served the county commission for 32 years. 

 

Florida Politics 

Rebecca Bays says Citrus County immigration resolution puts target on county’s back 

Commissioner Diana Finegan called it little more than an opinion from Citrus County. 

 

AFFORDABLE HOUSING  

Tampa Bay Times 

Pasco discusses ‘nuclear option,’ a moratorium on new apartments 

Watching Pasco’s future commercial and industrial sites get proposed for apartments instead under a new law, county commissioners this week discussed what they called the “nuclear option”: a potential moratorium on new multifamily housing.