VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — It’s been months since floodwaters took over Donna Rooney’s home in DeLand. She and her husband had to get out fast. “We had about four feet in our house ...

Central Florida county budgets have ballooned since 2020, fueled partly by rising property tax collections that have pumped billions more dollars into municipal accounts. In Orange County ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.

Twenty-three counties in Florida are under a burn ban as drought conditions worsen. The mean statewide drought index has climbed to 482. Three areas in the Sunshine State are under extreme drought ...

There were 89 wildfires burning in Florida April 25, affecting 2,782 acres. The largest fire burning in the state was the 200-acre 27 Fire in Broward County. No rain is expected soon to alleviate ...

More than 2,900 acres are burning the morning of April 22. The largest fire is the 162-acre Clayton Road Fire in Bay County. Florida's drought continues to get worse and as it does, the number of ...

On April 17, there were 71 brush fires burning in Florida. No rain is in the forecast through the Easter weekend. Among the fires is the Powerline Fire in Volusia County, burning 270 acres.

The largest wildfire in the state Tuesday morning, April 15, was the Calf Barn Road fire in Gulf County. There were 57 wildfires burning in Florida April 15, 2025. Elsewhere in the state ...

According to a report put out by Adkinson's office, "the most recent County TIF payment to NBEDZ was $3.3 million. The Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast (EDC) performs an ...

And not just in South Florida. More than 1,500 have been captured or seen in St. Lucie County and even states beyond Florida's border are seeing them. The Argentine black and white tegu is large ...

The number of wildfires increased Wednesday, growing to 59 fires burning more than 28,000 acres as of Thursday morning, according to the Florida Forest Service. A fire in Collier County Wednesday ...

but there are six county-enacted burn bans in central and southwest Florida, according to the Florida Forest Service’s burn ban map. Note that burning yard debris is always prohibited in Duval ...