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2024 Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update
It’s the middle of August and the beaches of Manasota Key are adorned with turtle nests galore! After all, Manasota Key does host the densest sea turtle nesting on Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of August 19th, there were 4,620 loggerhead, 122 green, 1 leatherback and 1 Kemp’s ridley nests on the 14 miles of Manasota Key that Coastal Wildlife Club (CWC) volunteers monitor daily during sea turtle season.
Sarasota Rising’s Living Arts Festival taking shape for November debut
Since he took on the task of spearheading a new festival celebrating Sarasota’s abundant and diverse arts scene about three years ago, Jeffery Kin has been juggling a lot of challenges, but none more important than trying to define and establish exactly what Sarasota Rising’s first Living Arts Festival would be. Kin, the former producing artistic director of the Sarasota Players, always had a vision for an event that would highlight the dozens of arts organizations in...
11.1 million gallons of partially treated wastewater flow into Stevenson Creek in Clearwater: Officials
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Heavy rain in a short amount of time overwhelmed a Clearwater wastewater plant on Thursday, leading to millions of gallons of partially treated water flowing into Stevenson Creek. On Friday, the city of Clearwater reported that about 11.1 million gallons of partially treated sewage flowed into the...
Bradenton Police warn of new social media scam
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - Bradenton Police want you to know about the latest scam sweeping its way across social media. It’s quite a simple scheme. The post will include pictures of missing or found children, asking for shares to help either locate the kid or bring them home. For...
Week in Review: Coral conservation, Free Narcan in PBC, Teen theft at 7-eleven
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Here are the stories with the most watched videos from this week. Two teens walk into 7-Eleven, make a getaway with basket full of snacks in Polk County. POINCIANA, Fla. (CBS12) — Two teen girls were caught on camera walking into a 7-Eleven...
Florida regulators approve base rate hike for Duke Energy customers
(The Center Square) — Nearly 2 million Florida electricity customers will pay a higher base rate after Duke Energy Florida's increase petition was approved by state regulators. The Florida Public Service Commission approved the highly contested rate hike Wednesday after negotiations between Duke Energy, groups representing residential customers — including the Sierra Club and the League of United Latin American Citizens — industrial customers and environmentalists reached a mutual agreement. ...
Amazon to Build Nearly $20M Expansion at Space Coast Satellite Facility
Amazon plans on expanding its footprint on the Space Coast with another $19.5 million facility in its efforts to launch thousands of internet-providing satellites for Project Kuiper, the company’s competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink. To date, only two test satellites from Project Kuiper have flown when they took to...
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