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May 8, 2023

Clay County woman takes national role with Moms for Liberty

Tia Bess of Clay County is the new national outreach director for Moms for Liberty.…

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April 24, 2023

Trees could be swamped when water rises in Lake Geneva

Environmentalists fear a lakebed forest could be at risk when a new pipeline carries water from Black Creek to shrunken…

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February 28, 2023

IT firm pays to outfit tech lab at Andrew Jackson High School

CSI Cos. spent about $300,000 to repurpose most of the school library and started mentoring a crop of young people.…

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February 20, 2023

Parents sue JU and ex-coach over daughter’s suicide

Former track and cross country coach Ron Grigg is accused of berating and bullying Jacksonville University student Julia Pernsteiner.…

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February 14, 2023

Jacksonville wants your thoughts on coping with climate change

Jacksonville policymakers — for the first time — are developing a resilience strategy to prepare for the effects of climate…

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February 10, 2023

Jacksonville mayoral candidates share views at Interfaith Center

LeAnna Cumber, Donna Deegan and Audrey Gibson discussed crime, faith and culture wars during a forum at the Interfaith Center…

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February 8, 2023

First Coast homeowners eligible for storm erosion grants

Florida has begun taking applications for repairing coastal erosion from Tropical Storms Ian and Nicole in Duval, Nassau and St.…

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February 3, 2023

Few diversity changes necessary, FSCJ says

Officials who pledged to remove critical race theory from coursework and policies found almost nothing to change at Florida State…

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January 30, 2023

Black firefighters lose suit over Jacksonville’s shaving rules

Jacksonville firefighters challenged rules requiring them to be cleanshaven even if they had a condition called pseudofolliculitis barbae, or PFB.…

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January 25, 2023

Land deal saves Little Tiger Island for conservation

Nearly a square mile of marsh and uplands facing Fernandina Beach’s historic waterfront is being preserved.…

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January 13, 2023

Sheriff T.K. Waters goes unopposed in election

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters retained his job unchallenged as the qualifying deadline for Duval County’s spring elections passed Friday.…

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January 5, 2023

Bank settles lawsuit against founders of Celebration Church

Stovall and Kerri Weems, founders of Celebration Church, settled a lawsuit that argued the couple owed more than $700,000 on…

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November 21, 2022

Ian and Nicole washed away tons of Jacksonville’s beach

Jacksonville’s beaches lost about 1.2 million cubic yards of sand to Tropical Storms Ian and Nicole, magnifying a need for…

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October 25, 2022

Duval Schools did better than most during pandemic

Duval County students’ fourth-grade test scores fell for both math and reading as part of a national slide blamed on…

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The sun sets on the St. Johns River in this 2016 photo of County Dock in Mandarin.
October 17, 2022

Scientists have concerns about St. Johns River, report says

Data about the St. Johns River show “the need for concern in many aspects of the health of the river,”…

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October 7, 2022

Land deal conserves 400 acres to buffer Camp Blanding from growth

A conservation nonprofit in Jacksonville has bought 400 acres of Clay County woodlands using government money budgeted to buffer military…

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October 4, 2022

Pastor loses legal appeal over muting at City Council meeting

An appeals court has affirmed a federal judge’s ruling rejecting a lawsuit by a Jacksonville pastor who was stifled while…

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October 4, 2022

Court rules against Celebration Church founders

A Jacksonville judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit that Celebration Church’s founders filed over a church report accusing its former…