PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Pinellas County announced Monday it has been awarded more than $813 million for hurricane recovery efforts and wants the public's input on how to use the funds.

Calculating the dual effect of rising seas and sinking land gives coastal communities a more accurate projection of the ...

YOU ARE IN FLORIDA, BECAUSE IT COULD BE RAINING ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOU. AND NOT SO BEAUTIFUL PICTURE HERE, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING SOME RAIN, RIGHT? IT’S LIKE YOU SAID, IT’S ...

Florida’s leaders are considering a far-reaching remedy to cut the soaring costs of owning a home: ditching property taxes. Killing property taxes would leave the state more reliant on its sales ...

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The population has kept growing in many of Florida’s metropolitan areas, including Central Florida and South Florida — putting them in national Top Ten lists, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The father of an Otago University student who died at an overcrowded house party says "it's only a matter of time" before another family loses their child. Dunedin police say this week's student ...

Another cold front is expected to arrive in Florida this week. Areas needing rain the most - along the peninsula - aren't expected to see an improvement in drought conditions. Ten counties are ...

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Crews continued battling a brush fire Wednesday that completely shut down access to the Florida Keys. Both US-1 and Card Sound Road were shut down on Wednesday as ...

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