BOTTOM OF MY FOOT. I WAS WALKING AROUND BAREFOOTED. >> STEPHEN KNAPP HAD NO IDEA THE SHELL HE STEPPED ON AT THE STUART SANDBAR TWO WEEKS AGO. WHO KNEW IT WOULD CAUSE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY LANDING HIM IN ...

A bacteria advisory is in effect for the Roosevelt Bridge area, Leighton Park boat launch in Palm City, and the Stuart Sandbar near Sailfish Point, the Florida health department office in Martin ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Clumps of potentially harmful algae have been spotted around a popular boater hangout this summer. A brown, stringy, fluffy algae that resembles poop and can smell like rotten eggs ...

'We’re just going to try to be anywhere and everywhere throughout the county,' said marine unit deputy Buddy Sprott STUART, Fla. — Martin County Sheriff Deputies were keeping a close eye on upwards of ...

With most Treasure Coast public beaches closed this holiday weekend to stop the spread of the coronavirus, sun and surf lovers may plan to recreate on inland waters. They'll be happy to know access ...

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"It was like a bad dream: One afternoon I'm walking on the sandbar, and then I'm in the hospital for a week." But it wasn't a dream. Stephen Knapp, 64, of Stuart, got a staph infection when something, ...