Steinchatchee: a small, quiet riverside town known for its scalloping. It’s now flooded, muddy and littered with debris. Sludge normally trapped on the river’s bottom has muddied the crystal-clear ...

Tucked along the Gulf Coast where the Steinhatchee River meets the sea, Steinhatchee, Florida, is the kind of small town that feels like a step back in time—in the best way. With fewer than 1,000 ...

STEINHATCHEE, Fla. -- Local business owner Mark Bullock did not expect to spend his Labor Day weekend cleaning up debris. After Hurricane Idalia hit the West Coast of Florida early Wednesday morning ...

The only thing left was the walkway to the dock at River Haven Marina Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. “Our fuel pump has washed away, and our back deck has shifted,” said Rob Lewis. Local business owner Mark ...

Hurricane Debby made Florida landfall Monday morning near Steinhatchee. Debby's maximum sustained winds were at Category 1 strength and the hurricane was moving north-northeast at 10 mph. The storm is ...

Crystal River‘s visitors can embark on a unique underwater scavenger hunt with the reward of meaty morsels of shellfish as scalloping season is well underway. Charters are ready to ferry seafaring ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Crystal River‘s visitors can embark on a unique underwater scavenger hunt with the reward of meaty morsels of shellfish as scalloping season is well underway. Charters are ready to ...

Have you ever gone scalloping? Personally, I had not—until a recent trip to Gulf County, Florida. I wasn't even sure what the act of “scalloping” was. Yes, getting scallops, surely, but how? And what ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a temporary closure of the recreational bay scallop harvest in the Gulf of Mexico off the Pasco County coastline. It includes ...