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Sarasota County’s Resilient SRQ program has released its draft action plan for public review, outlining proposed uses for $210 million in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. These funds will support long-term recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Debby and Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Florida Keys officials have approved a framework for county roads that need to be adapted to rising sea levels.

Lee County will start accepting appointments by phone for COVID-19 vaccinations today.

The number of hepatitis A cases in Florida continues to climb, with 72 new hepatitis A cases reported to the state last week.

While Florida didn’t see any direct impacts from Tropical Storm Cristobal, the weather system did send 4 inches of much-needed rain to Leon County. County Emergency Management Director Kevin Peters says this weekend’s events put the county at an average amount of rainfall for this time of year. He says the storm also serves as a warning.

Florida reported 92 hepatitis A cases last week, bringing the total to 1,129 cases this year as an outbreak continues to grow, according to numbers...

Utility rate increases approved by Lee County to impact customers on Fort Myers Beach.

A Charlotte County Sheriff's deputy was arrested today for aggravated stalking.

In upstate New York, county officials are scrambling to sell off nursing homes that have been taxpayer-funded for generations. Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., was part of a wave of privatizations in rural counties across the state.

The worst of the red tide in Sarasota County may have passed. That's the word from county officials, who say fewer dead fish washed ashore Thursday.