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Crews are battling wildfires in Northern California, with officials requiring some residents in Napa and Sonoma counties to evacuate.

An elementary school principal in Manatee County has been placed on administrative leave for violating the school district's COVID-19 policy.

An enormous cleanup operation is under way in the state of Florida, where Hurricane Charley cut a swath through at least 10 counties Friday night. More than a million people are without power. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

Last year, Hurricane Katrina broke levees, crippled communications, stalled transportation and almost drowned a major city. Next week, the new Atlantic hurricane season begins. Are city, county, parish, state and federal authorities ready?

Manatee County Port Authority officials are looking to expand economic opportunities in preparing for increased shipping traffic once the Panama Canal…

Abuse Counseling and Treatment, or ACT, is opening a new shelter in LaBelle on Saturday. After eight years without a shelter in Hendry County, ACT has…

A war of words between two of Florida’s most powerful Republicans is heating up in a Leon County Circuit Court.

The Lee County body that handles transportation planning wants to repurpose a rail line to bring travelers from Fort Myers to North Naples.The line is…

Florida women are seeing positive advances in health care, including declining mortality rates for heart disease, breast cancer, and AIDS. However,...

Authorities in Riverside County, Calif., charge a 36-year-old man with five counts of murder and arson in connection with last week's deadly Esperanza wildfire outside Palm Springs. Raymond Lee Oyler, arrested earlier for an unrelated arson case last June, is now charged with the deaths of five U.S. Forest Service firefighters.