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June 7, 2023

Up to three luxury car dealerships planned at World Commerce Center

Fields Auto Group bought 15.5 acres at Interstate 95 and International Golf Parkway in St. Johns County.…

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June 7, 2023

Jacksonville Historical Society identifies city’s most endangered buildings

This year’s list includes architecturally significant commercial properties, churches, schools and homes.…

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June 7, 2023

Jacksonville Jaguars reveal ‘Stadium of the Future’

The team unveiled a stadium renovation intended to keep the Jaguars in Jacksonville for years to come. The cost was…

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A proposed liquor store at the corner of Golfair Boulevard and Davis Street is less than 200 feet away from KIPP Voice Academy. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 6, 2023

Proposal for city to buy Brentwood liquor store is withdrawn

Legislation would have had the city buy the property using dollars earmarked for removing Confederate monuments.…

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Mayor-elect Donna Deegan. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
June 6, 2023

Mayor-elect Deegan announces teams to study Jacksonville issues

Jacksonville Mayor-elect Donna Deegan announced transition committees that will focus on seven topics ranging from infrastructure to arts.…

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June 6, 2023

Take a look inside the new Icemen Igloo sportsplex

The Jacksonville Icemen’s practice facility has been renovated with a sports bar, new locker rooms and a new Jacksonville Sports…

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June 6, 2023

Jacksonville’s bicentennial bell will debut Wednesday

The 225-pound bronze monument to the city’s 200th anniversary will be displayed at the Main Library.…

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June 6, 2023

Jaguars to unveil plans for massive stadium renovation

The plans to overhaul TIAA Bank Field will be revealed online at 10 a.m. Wednesday.…

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June 6, 2023

Walmart Health opening three new clinics in Jacksonville

The openings will make five clinics in Duval and Clay counties, all situated next to Walmart Supercenters.…

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June 6, 2023

PGA and European golf tours unite with LIV Golf

The PGA Tour, based in Ponte Vedra Beach, could welcome back golfers who jumped to LIV Golf.…

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June 6, 2023

Neptune Beach bans smoking at parks and beaches

Several other cities already had bans. Among them: Jacksonville Beach, Fernandina Beach, Atlantic Beach and St. Augustine.…

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June 6, 2023

JU College of Law: ‘It’s hard to imagine having a better first year’

Nicholas Allard, dean of the Jacksonville University law school, says the institution is working toward accreditation and seeking a permanent…

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June 6, 2023

Former landmarks become apartments in Jacksonville

Population growth has made the expansion of housing options a necessity, and some former landmarks are disappearing.…

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June 5, 2023

Long-awaited Riverfront Plaza delayed one month

The first phase of the park — on the site of the former Jacksonville Landing — was supposed to begin…

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June 5, 2023

Hillman-Pratt project Downtown could pay homage to Black aviator

Developer Eric Adler says one apartment in the redeveloped historic funeral home could honor Bessie Coleman.…

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June 5, 2023

Four Jacksonville companies remain in Fortune 500

CSX remained the biggest local company on the Fortune 500 list. Dream Finders Homes Inc. joined the Fortune 1000.…

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June 5, 2023

Female veterans recognized for service in war and peace

Jacksonville joins Northeast Florida Women Veterans Inc. to celebrate Women Veterans Recognition Week.…

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June 5, 2023

Swisher pledges $1 million philanthropy strategy in 2023

The Jacksonville-based manufacturer of tobacco products will focus primarily on local causes and organizations.…

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Media specialists pulled dozens of boxes of old, outdated or objectionable library materials from Duval County school libraries this year.
June 4, 2023

Duval Schools doesn’t know what to do with unapproved books

Duval County Public Schools sent almost twice as many library books to its recycling plant this school year than it…

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June 2, 2023

Florida opens investigation into Duval County jail’s medical provider

Armor Correctional Services failed to report that it was convicted in the death of a Milwaukee inmate in October 2022.…

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June 2, 2023

Hundreds pack the river on Boater Skip Day

The annual tradition in Clay County has grown into one of Northeast Florida’s biggest parties.…

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This satellite image taken at 1:21 p.m. Friday, June 2, 2023, shows Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. | AP/NOAA
June 2, 2023

Tropical Storm Arlene forms in the Gulf of Mexico

The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, was moving south at 5 mph toward the western end of…

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June 2, 2023

Restored Navy jet signals next step at Jacksonville’s POW/MIA Museum

Boeing volunteers restored the F/A-18A Hornet, which now graces the National POW/MIA Museum and memorializes Capt. Scott Speicher.…

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June 1, 2023

Most of Jacksonville’s homeless have never been through it before

71% of the people in an annual homeless count were experiencing homelessness for the first time — often because they…