FAC News Clips

HURRICANE SEASON  Gulf Man  Duke Energy Florida restores power for several counties  PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy Florida has completed power restoration for over 95% of customers in [...]

COUNTY  The Gainesville Sun  Judge rules on Alachua County referendum on single-member districts  A senior judge on Tuesday ruled that the ballot language on an upcoming referendum in Alachua County [...]

COUNTY  Flagler Live  County Commission Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month and 'Red Ribbon' Week In a pair of proclamations that shed light on some of society’s grimmer realities, the Flagler [...]

COUNTY  Panama City News Herald  Bay County approves new artificial reefs off of Panama City Beach  PANAMA CITY BEACH — Bay County commissioners awarded Walter Marine with a roughly $500,000 [...]

COUNTY  Positively Osceola  Osceola County Fire Rescue & EMS Celebrates Official Opening of Fire Station 85 in Poinciana, Strengthening Emergency Services in the Community   The Osceola County Board of [...]

COUNTY  Fort Myers Weekly  Lee commissioners award $89.25M in grants for affordable housing projects   The Lee County commissioners voted recently to award $89.25 million to eight affordable housing development [...]

FAC   Highlands News Sun  Two commissioners named to FAC committees   Two Highlands County commissioners have been appointed as policy leaders on various Florida Association of Counties’ committees.    [...]

COUNTY  WUWF  U.S. plan doubles the acres designated as critical habitat for manatees in Florida   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday announced a plan to more than [...]

COUNTY  Positively Osceola   Osceola County Approves Higher Mobility Fees to Support Transportation Infrastructure Amid Rapidly Growing Development   The Osceola County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 on Monday to [...]

FAC  Alachua Chronicle  Cornell reappointed to NACo Environment, Energy and Land Use Committee  ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Alachua County Commissioner Ken Cornell was recently reappointed to the National Association of [...]