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Florida commissioners respond to Sheriff’s letter allowing deputies to carry Narcan  

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Palm Beach County Commissioners said they’ve received a letter from Sheriff Ric Bradshaw about his decision to allow his deputies to carry Narcan. 

 

Fox 4 

Commissioners set to review final draft of next year’s budget  

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Coming up today, the Lee County Board of County Commissioners go over the final draft of next year’s budget. 

 

The Ledger 

Canopy Oaks withdraws controversial mobile home proposal in Lake Wales  

BARTOW — Mobile home units are no longer in the hopeful future plans for the Resort at Canopy Oaks in Lake Wales. 

 

The Daytona Beach News-Journal 

Flagler County discusses beach, dune management and erosion  

With work already on track for the southern part of Flagler County, commissioners plan to ask the Army Corps of Engineers to study beaches and dunes in the rest of the county.   

 

Local 10 

Shortage of 911 operators means dispatch still can’t promptly deal with flood of calls  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – After three bolts of lightning struck and caused a fire at a row of townhomes in Broward, dispatchers weren’t able to answer the flood of 911 calls that followed. 

 

Flagler Live 

Exorbitant Costs to Save Beaches, and Doing Nothing is Not an Option, Flagler Commissioners Are Told 

The Flagler County Commission will soon take over all 18 miles of beaches to manage them, and save them. An ordinance is in the works to essentially surrender Flagler Beach’s portion to the county. But saving them will be exorbitantly expensive: think $5 million to $13 million a year in local burdens alone. And it will not be a one-time cost, but a permanent adjustment to a new normal of relentless sand “renourishment” of beaches and dunes, sea-wall construction and rock revetments. 

 

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Orlando Sentinel  

Florida utility’s new drone can speed hurricane recovery 

WEST PALM BEACH — Florida’s primary energy provider is ready to launch a powerful new technology, just ahead of the busiest weeks of the Atlantic hurricane season: a new fixed-wing drone designed fly into tropical storm force winds and speed the restoration of electricity after severe weather.