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A person sits near their tent in an empty lot near Ashley and Clay streets in Downtown Jacksonville on March 8, 2024. | Casmira Harrison, Jacksonville Today
January 7, 2025

Council members decry that Beaches cities left out of homeless relocation program

A city program to transport homeless people back to their hometowns to be closer to personal support systems, can’t be…

By Casmira Harrison

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The Duval County jail. | Jacksonville Daily Record
January 7, 2025

Defense attorney accused of smuggling drugs into Duval jail

Nathan Samuel Williams, 37, was charged with slippping drug-soaked paper to inmates in the jail.…

By Michelle Corum

Featured image for “#AskJAXTDY | Will lights ever shine again on Fuller Warren Bridge?”
The columns supporting the Fuller Warren Bridge between Riverside and San Marco are no longer lighted. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
January 7, 2025

#AskJAXTDY | Will lights ever shine again on Fuller Warren Bridge?

A Jacksonville Today reader remembers when the Fuller Warren Bridge used to light up the Downtown skyline.…

By Dan Scanlan

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An oil derrick in the Gulf of Mexico. | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
January 7, 2025

Environmentalists applaud ban on oil drilling off Florida’s coast

President Biden made oil and gas drilling off-limits off Florida’s Gulf Coast.…

By Steve Newborn - WUSF

Featured image for “Plans for World Golf stall in St. Johns County”
St. Johns County owns the World Golf Hall of Fame building and IMAX Theater and is trying to find someone to run the theater. | Jacksonville Daily Record
January 7, 2025

Plans for World Golf stall in St. Johns County

The county rejected the only bidder to oversee the World Golf IMAX theater.…

By J. Brooks Terry - Jacksonville Daily Record

Featured image for “Cause ‘undetermined’ in massive Rise Doro fire”
A Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department drone shows the Rise Doro fire at its height. after the roof had burned out and floors collapsed inside. | Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department
January 6, 2025

Cause ‘undetermined’ in massive Rise Doro fire

A year after the Rise Doro fire, a state investigation could not identify a definitive cause.…

By Dan Scanlan

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Coach Sherri Anthony cuts the ribbon during the ceremony dedicating Nease High School's basketball court in her name. | Courtesy of Sherri Anthony
January 6, 2025

Nease High School honors longtime basketball coach

Allen D. Nease High School has named its basketball court after former girls basketball Coach Sherri Anthony.…

By Noah Hertz

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January 6, 2025

Jacksonville Jaguars fire Head Coach Doug Pederson

Updated at 4:12 p.m. Monday. The Jacksonville Jaguars have fired Head Coach Doug Pederson after a disappointing 4-13 season. Owner…

By Randy Roguski and Will Brown

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The St. Augustine campus of St. Johns River State College. | St. Johns River State College
January 6, 2025

3 appointed to board at St. Johns River State College

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed three new faces to the board of trustees at St. Johns River State College.…

By Noah Hertz

Featured image for “Nocatee developer challenges walking group over its name”
The NOC Rucks walking group is the subject of a trademark complaint. | News4Jax
January 6, 2025

Nocatee developer challenges walking group over its name

A developer of Nocatee alleges that the name of the NOC Rucks walking group violates the company’s trademark.…

By Khalil Maycock - News4Jax

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Work on San Pablo Road included new traffic lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks and bike lanes. | Michelle Corum, Jacksonville Today
January 3, 2025

JTA completes San Pablo Road improvements

The work — including new traffic lanes, crosswalks and bike lanes — is expected to make San Pablo Road safer.…

By Michelle Corum

Featured image for “Nassau and St. Johns schools score among best in state”
Lockers in a St. Johns County school. | News4Jax
January 3, 2025

Nassau and St. Johns schools score among best in state

St. Johns County schools ranked second in the state in 2024 and Nassau third, both with “A” grades.…

By Aaron Farrar - News4Jax

Featured image for “Analog photography is back. St. Augustine photogs develop community around film ”
Photographer Lydia Ritter snaps a photo during the Analog Club’s film photography pop-up event in St. Augustine Dec. 13. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
January 3, 2025

Analog photography is back. St. Augustine photogs develop community around film 

A new club in St. Augustine is celebrating photography the old fashioned way.…

By Noah Hertz

Featured image for “Study finds manatees may be ‘recent immigrants’ to Florida”
Manatees and tourists crowd the Three Sisters Spring at Crystal River, Florida, on a cold morning. | Courtesy Thomas Pluckhahn
January 3, 2025

Study finds manatees may be ‘recent immigrants’ to Florida

Results from archaeological digs have shown few manatee bones in Native American settlements in Florida.…

By Steve Newborn - WUSF

Featured image for “Jacksonville Armada buys land for Downtown stadium”
An illustration shows the Jacksonville Armada soccer stadium in Downtown Jacksonville. The team plans to break ground on the stadium this year and begin play there in 2025. | Jacksonville Daily Record
January 3, 2025

Jacksonville Armada buys land for Downtown stadium

The Jacksonville Armada Football Club bought 34 vacant properties from the city for $1.…

By Dan Macdonald - Jacksonville Daily Record

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January 3, 2025

Series of cold fronts will bring arctic blast to Florida

The coldest air of the season will likely affect much of Florida, if not all of it, during the next…

By Irene Sans - Storm Center

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January 2, 2025

Sexual assault victims get more help in St. Johns County

The Betty Griffin Center will expand services for sexual assault victims at Ascension St. Vincent’s St. Johns hospital.…

By Noah Hertz

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Jacksonville City Council raised garbage fees but also provided relief for people who can't afford the increase.
January 2, 2025

Higher garbage fees proposed in Jacksonville

City Council member Matt Carlucci is proposing to raise garbage fees while protecting low-income residents against fee increases.…

By Dan Scanlan

Featured image for “Jacksonville ends 2024 with record low homicides”
Police collect evidence Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in the slaying of a man on Division Street. | News4Jax
January 2, 2025

Jacksonville ends 2024 with record low homicides

Murders, manslaughters and justifiable homicides fell by more than half last year, records show.…

By Dan Scanlan

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January 2, 2025

Florida accuses Starbucks of race-based hiring

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a complaint against Starbucks with the state Division of Administrative Hearings.…

By Michelle Corum

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January 2, 2025

Hopes rise for Jacksonville’s economy in 2025

A monthly survey of manufacturing firms shows optimism about the economy after a stagnant end to 2024.…

By Mark Basch - Jacksonville Daily Record

Featured image for “Baby right whales sighted with mothers off Ponte Vedra”
The adult right whale Caterpillar surfaces next to its mother’s head in this aerial image taken on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, off Ponte Vedra Beach. | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
January 2, 2025

Baby right whales sighted with mothers off Ponte Vedra

Two endangered North Atlantic right whales — and their calves — were spotted earlier this week offshore from the Guana…

By Dan Scanlan

Featured image for “Jacksonville insurer Florida Blue fights feds over ratings”
The Florida Blue office complex in Brooklyn. | Jacksonville Daily Record
December 31, 2024

Jacksonville insurer Florida Blue fights feds over ratings

Florida Blue says key Medicare ratings didn’t account for major flooding in Broward County in 2023.…

By Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida

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The Jacksonville Housing Authority is moving toward hiring a new CEO.
December 31, 2024

Jacksonville housing agency could have new CEO on March 3

The Jacksonville Housing Authority inched closer to hiring a new CEO this week after a year of tumult at the…

By Casmira Harrison

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