Cyd Hoskinson
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May 8, 2023

USS Cooperstown headed for Naval Station Mayport

The Navy’s newest littoral combat ship was commissioned Saturday. It is named for Cooperstown, New York, home to the Major…

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April 10, 2023

Homeless count raises red flags; second census planned

Changing Homelessness plans a second count of unsheltered people in the summer after the first census raised some questions.…

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January 23, 2023

How many people are homeless on the First Coast? We’ll soon know.

Volunteers will scatter across Duval, Clay and Nassau counties Wednesday to complete the Point-in-Time Count of people living unsheltered on…

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December 23, 2022

Two more right whale calves discovered

The population of endangered North Atlantic right whales has grown by at least two. Wildlife researchers report seeing a 36-year…

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A crowd attends a 2021 Melanin Market on Jacksonville's Eastside.
November 23, 2022

The ‘Real Black Friday’: Jacksonville’s Melanin Market

There’s Black Friday — and then there’s the Real Black Friday.   That’s what organizers of Jacksonville’s Melanin Market are…

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November 23, 2022

With COVID waning, JTA ends free rides for health workers

Jacksonville health care workers who ride city buses for free will have to start paying for those trips next month.…

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November 2, 2022

Judy Coughlin, wife of former Jaguars head coach, dies of brain disease

Judy Coughlin, wife of former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Tom Coughlin, died Wednesday of an incurable brain disease. Coughlin revealed…