COUNTY 

Citrus County Chronicle  

February named Heart Health Awareness Month 

In recognition of the importance of heart health, the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners proclaimed February 2023 HCA Florida Citrus Hospital’s Heart Health Awareness Month in Citrus County. 

 

Florida Politics 

Are parking woes the start of an existential crisis for Holmes Beach?  

Officials in the city, county and state wrestle over who can access a public beach. 

 

Citrus County Chronicle  

Shelters on the way for six county bus stops  

As anyone who’s lived in Citrus County for a long period of time knows, the summer sun and thunderstorms can be brutal. 

 

WFTV 

DeSantis proposes $1.5B fix for slow-moving traffic on I-4 in Osceola County  

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Work to jumpstart traffic on a usually congested stretch of I-4 could begin as soon as next year. 

 

AFFORDABLE HOUSING  

NPR 

To ease the housing crunch, more places end single-family zoning  

Tara Siegel and her partner love living in Arlington, Va., just outside Washington, D.C., but they’d really like more space than the two-bedroom apartment they rent. Recently they started browsing on Zillow for a place to buy. 

 

BEACH RENOURISHMENT  

NBC 2 

SWFL officials developing beach renourishment projects to help coasts recover  

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Ordinarily, you wouldn’t bring sand to a beach. But that’s exactly what many beaches on Southwest Florida’s coast need right now.