If you need a break from the crowds in Panama City Beach, consider making the short trip to Shell Island. This 7-mile-long barrier island runs east to west between the Gulf of Mexico and the Saint ...

PANAMAM CITY BEACH − A popular destination in Bay County known for its natural beauty is garnering national attention. In a July 5 post, Trips to Discover, a vacation destination website, named Shell ...

BURAS – Mississippi River sand placed on Shell Island looks like a field of mud for now, but soon it will be part of more than 600 acres of new land off the coast of Plaquemines Parish. It is the ...

A Superior Court judge threw out the latest attempt by Shell Island homeowners to build a seawall to control beach erosion. The court's decision was a setback for the 140 or so Shell Island homeowners ...

In the 1920s, Shell Island was a busy resort for black beachgoers who were not allowed in some other area beaches during the days of segregation. According to “Strength through Struggle” by William M.

With a mix of laughing gulls, brown pelicans and frigate birds watching from the air, employees of the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Co. on Tuesday (Sept. 13) were directing sand from the Mississippi ...