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Diver looking for lobster during mini-season in Florida Keys finds kilo of cocaine instead
What was supposed to be a day of sport for a Florida diver partaking in the annual two-day lobster mini-season, turned into a visit to the local sheriff's office as he found a package of cocaine floating in the water. Each year, residents of Florida enjoy what they call a...
Full list of tax-free Items for Florida’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday: July 29-August 11th
Just in time for the new school year, Florida is hosting a 14-day “Back-to-School” Sales Tax Holiday from July 29 to August 11th. Action News Jax has put together a full list of items discounted.
HURRICANE CENTER: System Still Tracking Towards Florida, But It’s Very, Very Early
SATURDAY EVENING UPDATE: Now 30-Percent Chance Of Development. BY: WEATHER TEAM | BocaNewsNow.com UPDATED AT 5 p.m. with the Saturday evening advisory. BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — With the disclaimer that it is way, way too early to be concerned, the system that the National Hurricane Center started tracking… Read More »HURRICANE CENTER: System Still Tracking Towards Florida, But It’s Very, Very Early
Some Florida condo owners facing deadline as Castle Key drops insurance policies
Some 33,000 Floridians will be getting notified through next year that Allstate’s Florida subsidiaries are dropping their insurance policies, and some are getting the news during a particularly nerve-wracking time to start looking for coverage: hurricane season. That reduction decreases Castle Key Insurance and Castle Key Indemnity’s policyholders by about 12% in the...
Medical marijuana biz booming on Nine Mile; adult use could take industry even higher
Another cannabis dispensary is opening on Nine Mile Road at the former home of Wingz2Go, marking the sixth dispensary on the major road. Curaleaf is the latest medical marijuana vendor to join Nine Mile Road, but they haven’t opened up just yet. Curaleaf has one operating store in Escambia County at 5090 N....
HOA Q&A: Can the size of the board of directors be changed?
Editor’s note: Attorneys at Goede, DeBoest & Cross respond to questions about Florida community association law. With offices in Naples, Fort Myers, Coral Gables and Boca Raton, the firm represents community associations throughout Florida and focuses on condominium and homeowner association law, real estate law, litigation, estate planning, and business law. Q: Is it possible to change the size of the Board from seven directors to five directors? --Naples ...
Post reporters win statewide awards for sports coverage, addiction treatment investigation
Two Palm Beach Post staff writers have won awards from the Florida Society of News Editors for sports reporting and for an investigative project about addiction treatment centers published in 2023. Post columnist Tom D'Angelo won first place in the Sports category for stories that ranged from the thing Tiger Woods' son earned...
Southwest adds seasonal flights to two Florida cities, roundtrip football flights
It's been a busy week for airline news in Florida. Avelo announced it was adding nine new Florida flights at three different airports in the Sunshine State, and would be making Lakeland International Airport, LAL, the airline's Central Florida base. The airline JetBlue said it would be adding new routes to Florida even as it unexpectedly yanked nonstop service from Tallahassee to Fort Lauderdale and filed a lawsuit claiming Florida made the airline pay too much in taxes. ...
Florida Publix Goes Viral for Wine and Beer Bar, Burrito Station, and Food Court
It's not every day the words "viral' and "Publix" are reported in the same sentence, but today is that day: There's a new mega Publix in Florida that has gone viral for being the "Disney World of Publix Super Markets." We'll explain. A popular Publix Super Market in Tampa at...
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