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A huge wildfire shut down a portion of a cross-country interstate highway for two weeks. Now, in a ripple effect of the fire, the newly treeless area is vulnerable to flash floods and landslides.

The Collier Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved adding 12 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions to the county’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) division.The hiring of 12 people is supposed to ensure the county’s EMS operations has sufficient staffing to support ambulance services, reduce overtime for paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and to provide plans for EMS expansion throughout the next two years.

As Tropical Storm Nicole nears the east coast of Florida several counties have opened shelters in anticipation of impacts from the growing storm.

The head of Florida’s health department is making his way through the Florida Panhandle as part of a tour of the state's coastal areas. Bay County...

Two Manatee County residents were killed and four children were hospitalized after a tornado swept through the rural community of Duette early Sunday...

Since the financial collapse, counties in Southwest Florida have struggled over how to handle impact fees.Impact fees are one-time taxes on new…

A recent report from the Florida Medical Examiners Commission finds that Florida’s 12th Judicial Circuit, which includes DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota…

Grassroots efforts to preserve wilderness in Collier County.

Once a remote, tropical wilderness is now one of the fastest growing areas in the country.

Starting this fall, public school students in Pinellas County can sleep in a little longer.