February 27, 2025
Duval County’s school board will vote soon on how employees can communicate with students and whether some volunteers need additional…
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February 27, 2025
UF Health and United Healthcare remain at odds
Nearly 75,000 people are paying more for medical care because UF Health and United Healthcare have not reached an agreement.…
February 27, 2025
St. Augustine gives residents a look inside government
The city is launching a Citizens Academy program to help people learn the ins and outs of the city’s operations.…
February 27, 2025
Distressed pilot lands with help from St. Johns police helicopter
A Sheriff’s Office helicopter lit up a landing strip in the dark so a private pilot could land.…
February 27, 2025
BIT OF JOY | Bongo baby born at Jacksonville Zoo
The unnamed calf was born Feb. 19 to first-time mom Cayenne…
February 26, 2025
New Longshoremen’s contract is good news for Jax
The Longshoremen estimate the contract will bring at least $25 million of additional wages into the local economy.…
February 26, 2025
Group rallies against possibility of new Duval jail
The Jacksonville Community Action Committee says money should be spent on community needs instead of a new jail.…
February 26, 2025
Jacksonville lawmaker seeks more religion in schools
State Rep. Kimberly Daniels filed a bill that would allow school staff to engage in religious activities with students.…
February 26, 2025
St. Augustine moves to reduce Lake Maria Sanchez flooding
A plan adopted this week will allow the city to build a seawall to limit flooding from the lake.…
February 26, 2025
ARTS PICKS | Feb. 28-March 2
What to do in Jacksonville this weekend: Art Downtown or in Riverside and a music show with a side of…
February 25, 2025
City Council OKs Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office move to Brooklyn
JSO will move from the nearly 48-year-old Police Memorial Building Downtown to the Florida Blue tower. …
February 25, 2025
Camden County cop won’t be charged in fatal shooting
A Georgia prosecutor says Sgt. Buck Aldridge was justified when he shot Leonard Cure during a traffic stop.…
February 25, 2025
THE JAXSON | How a skate park was built under a bridge
This is the story of how the Artist Walk Skate Park under the Fuller Warren Bridge was born.…
February 25, 2025
Atlantic Beach park puts youth baseball on the sidelines
Baseball players were asked Sunday to leave Jack Russell Park to make way for the farmers market.…
February 25, 2025
BIT OF JOY | Lincolnville mural
St. Augustine muralist Nancy Christensen unveiled a new mural this month on the side of the Corner Market building in…
February 24, 2025
Work is underway to convert Adams and Forsyth streets
Downtown drivers can expect months of delays as crews begin to convert Adams and Forsyth streets back to two-way traffic.…
February 24, 2025
To boost early childhood literacy and health, Duval is sending doctors out with books
A literacy program will use a federal grant to place books in the hands of mothers almost immediately after they…
February 24, 2025
Historic Mandarin farmhouse may survive after all
A City Council committee recommended demolishing the 145-year-old farmhouse, but an alternative may be in the works.…
February 24, 2025
BIT OF JOY | UNF football game
UNF stands for the University of North Florida, but it also also stood for the University of No Football, until…
February 21, 2025
DeSantis fills seat on St. Augustine Port Authority
Lynda Kirker, a St. Augustine resident, is a retired chief financial officer of Flagler Hospital.…
February 21, 2025
Johnnie Mae Chappell honored 61 years after her murder
A memorial marker now stands where racists gunned down the 35-year-old Black woman on March 23, 1964.…
February 21, 2025
Jacksonville remembers legions of missing adults
Mayor Donna Deegan proclaimed Friday as Missing Adults Day in Jacksonville.…
February 21, 2025
NUMBER OF THE WEEK | Duval’s hungry children
Our Number of the Week is the portion of children in Duval County who don’t have consistent, reliable access to…
February 20, 2025
Panel allows demolition of historic Mandarin farmhouse
A City Council committee said the 145-year-old farmhouse is too deteriorated to save.…