Featured image for “All Salt Life stores will close, new owner says”
This Salt Life store is at 240 S. Third St. in Jacksonville Beach. | Salt Life
September 24, 2024

All Salt Life stores will close, new owner says

Salt Life, founded in Jacksonville Beach, was bought by Hilco Consumer-Retail Group.…

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September 24, 2024

OPINION | Great Cities Symposium a chance for Jax to learn from national leader

Since 2019, the Great Cities Symposium has brought remarkable civic and business leaders to Jacksonville from peer cities to share…

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Vickie Cavey was appointed CEO and managing director of JEA.
September 24, 2024

JEA promotes interim CEO Vickie Cavey

The JEA board decided to hire locally rather than conduct a national search.…

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September 24, 2024

Potential Hurricane Helene could slam Florida on Thursday

Helene is expected to bring tropical storm winds and possibly heavy rain to Northeast Florida.…

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Pianist Joyce Yang returns to the Jacksonville Symphony this weekend.
September 24, 2024

ARTS PICKS | Sept. 27-29

A hands-on art lesson by a master, an art talk in San Marco, mural festival and a night at the…

Featured image for “SPORTS | Jaguars fall to 0-3 in worst performance of Doug Pederson’s tenure”
Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence lunges for yardage under Buffalo Bills linebacker Dorian Williams (42) on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. | AP Photo/Adrian Kraus
September 23, 2024

SPORTS | Jaguars fall to 0-3 in worst performance of Doug Pederson’s tenure

This is the kind of season that can cost a head coach his job. Make no mistake, the seat under…

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Guns and ammunition were found in a student's car at Englewood High School. | Duval County Public Schools
September 23, 2024

Assault rifle found in student’s car at Englewood High

A student was arrested after a police dog detected an assault rifle and other guns in a vehicle.…

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A former Putnam County school resource officer was sentenced to life in prison for a sexual relationship with a child.
September 23, 2024

Former Putnam school deputy gets life in sex case

Joshua Herren was sentenced to life in prison plus 235 years for a sexual relationship with a minor.…

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A garbage truck plows through a flooded road in the city's Sans Pareil neighborhood. | News4Jax
September 23, 2024

#AskJAXTDY | Why does Sans Pareil neighborhood still have dirt roads?

The dirt roads in the Sans Pareil community often flood during heavy rains. Here’s why the city doesn’t fix them.…

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September 23, 2024

Tropical system develops in Caribbean: What do we know?

A tropical system in the western Caribbean has a 50% of development over the next two days.…

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Jacksonville police searching for evidence during a July 2023 investigation on a Southside road. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
September 22, 2024

Jacksonville advocates join crime survivors’ march on Washington

Local crime victims and advocates left for Washington, D.C., early Sunday on a bus from Families of Slain Children’s North…

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Joel Gonzalez receives an overview of the ExpressVote machines used by the Duval County Supervisor of Elections from Halley Kunda, the education and community outreach specialist for the Duval County Supervisor of Elections, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
September 22, 2024

Hispanic voter turnout, historically low in Duval, targeted ahead of November

Jacksonville’s Hispanic population is underrepresented at the polls, and both parties are trying to change that ahead of November.…

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Rain falls on an already flooded San Marco Boulevard on Sept. 5, 2024. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
September 22, 2024

OPINION | Will Jacksonville regret its stadium spend?

This month’s stress test on local drainage systems suggests money to help Shad Khan monetize his team may have been…

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The JTA's Kings Avenue Skyway station, with parking garage nearby, along with one of two Transit-Oriented Development sites. | Google
September 20, 2024

JTA leases 2 sites for workforce housing development

The JTA has authorized two leases of its land for conversion into workforce housing apartments.…

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Guests take in the art at a past Tactile Art Show in St. Augustine. | St. Augustine Art Association
September 20, 2024

Art you can touch comes to St. Augustine next month

Visitors will get to touch the art at the upcoming Tactile Art Show co-hosted by the Florida School for the…

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September 20, 2024

NUMBER OF THE WEEK | County sales surtaxes

See the local sales tax add-ons in each Florida county.…

Featured image for “OPINION | Don’t stop believing in Jacksonville’s historic Downtown rebirth”
What can be if the Laura Street Trio are transformed
September 19, 2024

OPINION | Don’t stop believing in Jacksonville’s historic Downtown rebirth

While we can never prove it and whether anyone admits it, citizen voices in large measure shape how elected officials…

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Anthony Mortimer with the Museum of Science and History shows off the new traveling exhibit Mission: Astronaut on Thursday Sept. 19. l Steven Ponson, Jacksonville Today.
September 19, 2024

New Mission: Astronaut MOSH exhibit gives taste of life in space

Starting Saturday, a new exhibit will open to the public at the Museum of Science and History in Jacksonville giving…

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Susie E. Tolbert Elementary is one of six schools to potentially close | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today
September 19, 2024

6 Jacksonville elementaries could close at the end of this school year

6 Jacksonville elementary schools could close at the end of this school year.…

Featured image for “‘Game-changer’: JTA bus converted to prevent opioid overdoses”
The new “Safety on the Move”-branded bus, a mobile opioid education classroom unveiled on Thursday, Sept. 19 by a coalition that includes the JTA and Drug Free Duval. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
September 19, 2024

‘Game-changer’: JTA bus converted to prevent opioid overdoses

A first-in-the-nation mobile opioid education unit will be deployed to neighborhoods that need it most.…

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September 19, 2024

Adventure Landing renews Jax Beach lease through 2025

After announcing its imminent closure every year for the past few, Adventure Landing Jacksonville Beach has announced it will remain open through…

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Passengers approach the security checkpoint at Jacksonville International Airport in December of 2023. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
September 19, 2024

Jax airport ranks No. 2 for customer satisfaction at midsize airports nationwide

If you’re a satisfied traveler when you fly out of Jacksonville, you’re not alone. The Jacksonville International Airport ranks No.…

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A photo by Michael Rakim, whose work will be on view at the Jax Photo Festival this weekend
September 18, 2024

ARTS PICKS | Sept. 20-22

There’s a festival for everyone this weekend! Choose from books Downtown, photography in LaVilla or music in St. Augustine.…

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Wednesday, Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan and President of the Fast-Track Cities Institute José M. Zuniga sign a document allowing the city to join the partnership. l City of Jacksonville
September 18, 2024

Jacksonville joins international effort to stop HIV spread

Jacksonville is joining hundreds of other cities and international organizations to try to stop the spread of HIV by 2030.…