The Jacksonville Beach Pier will start charging walkers and fishers beginning with the new year. Starting Jan. 2, it’ll cost you $2 to walk on the pier and $5 to fish from it. Duval County residents and hotel guests with a key card will get a dollar off the price. The Jax Pier reopened in July after six years of

A federal judge has imposed a new Jacksonville City Council map for upcoming 2023 municipal election and handed the city a major loss in the process. In an order Monday evening, U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Howard opted in favor of a remedial map drawn by the plaintiffs in a case that saw the city’s original redistricting map struck down

Baptist Medical Center Clay opened a hospital in Fleming Island on Monday, the most recent — and largest— addition to the Baptist Clay Medical campus that originally launched in 2013. The full-service, six-story hospital at 1771 Baptist Clay Drive is the culmination of two years of construction and a $234 million investment from Baptist Health. The 300,000-square-foot hospital — housing

Jacksonville’s city-run shelter is refusing most new dogs for at least two weeks after pneumovirus was detected. While just one dog has tested positive so far, another has shown mild symptoms, leading the shelter to place 130 exposed dogs under quarantine while they monitor for more cases. Pneumovirus is a contagious respiratory virus that causes symptoms like coughing, sneezing and

Last school year marked a more than 10-year low for Florida’s kindergarten and seventh-grade students completing all doses of required immunizations, according to a recent report from the state Department of Health. About 91.7% of kindergarten students in public and private schools statewide completed the immunizations required to enter school during the 2021-2022 year, the September report showed. That rate

Cox Media affiliates are no longer showing up on Dish Network while the two media conglomerates settle a contract dispute. In Jacksonville, that leaves Dish satellite customers without their local Fox channel, which airs a packed lineup of exclusive World Cup, NCAA and NFL coverage this weekend. The contract between Cox and Dish expired Monday, with nine Cox owned stations

An event Friday will help veterans and their families start and build small businesses. Seventy spots remain open for Jacksonville’s Vetrepreneur Summit, a collaboration of the city, Florida State College at Jacksonville and the University of North Florida. The one-day summit will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at FSCJ’s Kent Campus at 3939 Roosevelt Blvd. Panels of experts

Jacksonville is getting an additional $3.3 million from the federal government to help people pay for rent and utilities, on top of the nearly $63 million the city already disbursed. The Emergency Rental Assistance Program is for Duval households that are unable to pay rent or utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, covering up to 12 months prior to entering

Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters debuted his new leadership team on Tuesday, while promising big changes to how the department manages crime — changes that stretch beyond the seven months left in his current term as sheriff. At the same time, Waters dismissed allegations that the extensive shakeup at the top of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was a case of political

In a crowded debate that featured heavy time constraints, mayoral hopefuls met Monday at the Rotary Club to explain their positions on education, crime, business development and the environment. Nine candidates are vying to be Jacksonville’s next mayor, but only seven were on stage: former state Sen. Audrey Gibson (D), council members Leanna Cumber (R) and Al Ferraro (R), Theresa