Safeguards are being put in place to ensure that county staff do not accidentally issue demolition and construction permits ...

For the second day in a row, homes were evacuated in Florida as a brush fire threatened residents, this time in Palm City.

Florida's dry season brings a heightened risk of wildfires each year. Here's which counties are currently under burn bans and ...

HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies said a mother who left her home with her daughter on March 15 was found safe. The Highlands County Sheriff's Office said Ashley Carr, 33, left her home in ...

but there are six county-enacted burn bans in central and southwest Florida, according to the Florida Forest Service’s burn ban map. Note that burning yard debris is always prohibited in Duval ...

A fire in Collier County Wednesday ... there were 14 Florida counties with an average Keetch-Byram Drought Index over 500, which means drought or increased fire danger. Highlands and Sumter ...

Drought conditions continue to impact Florida and there were Red Flag Warnings. No respite is expected Friday, March 28.

The biggest fire in the state continues to be the 344 Fire in south Miami-Dade County, which has burned 26,719 acres acres as ...

Hopeny Louis, All County Soccer player of the Year from Highlands Christian Academy, photographed on Wednesday March 5, 2025. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Broward 7A-5A boys ...