This diamondback terrapin lives at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve in St. Johns County. | Amy Howard

Pecan Craft Kitchen is planned at the former Broudy’s Liquor Store site at 138 Florida 13 N. in Julington Creek. | Jacksonville Daily Record

St. Johns County leaders have identified a West Augustine site, near the former location of Florida Memorial College, as a potential home for a Florida Museum of Black History. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

The Duval County Supervisor of Elections office provides signs in English and Spanish outside the Duval County Public Library Mandarin Branch location to notify voters where they can cast their ballot. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

Crews remove a fallen tree from a home belonging to the Bruce family in St. Augustine. | Amy Tarmey

A driver hands money to a man panhandling at University Boulevard at Beach Boulevard in Jacksonville. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today

In addition to spraying pesticides to keep the bugs at bay, the Anastasia Mosquito Control District also operates the Vector Education Center and Science Museum. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today.

The Matanzas River overflows into parts of historic St. Augustine during Hurricane Milton. | News4Jax

Lineworkers continue to restore power across the First Coast after Hurricane Milton. l Florida Power & Light Co.

Flooding in Downtown St. Augustine on the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 10, following Hurricane Milton. | Carly Zervis, special to Jacksonville Today

A sign traces the history of storms in St. Augustine Beach. | Anne Schindler, Jacksonville Today

Hastings’ once-bustling main drag is quiet most days. But some buildings that were long vacant have been filled with businesses in the last year. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

AdventHealth plans to expand its hospital system to St. Johns County with a new ER. | AdventHealth

From left are St. Augustine City Commissioner Cynthia Garris, the Rev. Laverne March, City Commissioner Barbara Blonder and Mayor Nancy Sikes-Kline. | City of St. Augustine

The pillars of the pier are fully exposed after the beach renourishment by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. | News4Jax

West Augustine Community Development Corporation President Greg White speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the new health center. | St. Johns County

Freehold Communities “Agrihood” Arden master-planned development in South Florida features a 5-acre farm and event barn. | Freehold Communities

(From left:) Commissioner Barbara Blonder, Mayor Nancy Sikes-Kline, Bill Dudley and his wife, and Commissioners Jim Springfield, Cynthia Garris and Roxanne Horvath | City of St. Augustine

The yellow area shows where the proposed Osceola Lakes development would have been constructed. | St. Johns County

Redesigned library cards are part of St. Johns County's new initiative to get people using the libraries. | St. Johns County

St. Johns County's entryway on State Road A1A. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

FCC Environmental Services took over trash pickup in St. Johns County on Aug. 1, 2024. | FCC Environmental Services