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Dunedin moves to ban jet ski launches from causeway over safety, seagrass concerns

City awaits $1.4M FEMA reimbursement for Hurricane Milton

"The money has been set aside, but there is a tremendous amount of administrative validation in the process."

City’s Duke Energy agreement expires July 31 – then what?

There will not be an interruption to service delivery for citizens in the event the franchise agreement lapses.

New Port Richey advances free senior clinic lease

New Port Richey city leaders advanced a lease that would keep the West Pasco Free Senior Health Clinic operating in city-owned building.

Rep. Fentrice Driskell makes her case to voters deciding Florida’s District 16 Senate Seat

Voters in Hillsborough and Pinellas County have quite a few important decisions in front of them on this summer’s primary ballot, and one of them is who’ll succeed outgoing Florida State Senator Darryl Rouson. One Republican, Amaro Lionheart, filed in the open primary for SD-16,…

New Recruits Sworn In and Officers Promoted at Utica Police Ceremony

The Utica Police Department welcomed six new recruits and celebrated several promotions during a ceremony at City Hall.

Indiana governor signs Trump data center ratepayer protection pledge

Mike Braun and 22 other governors on Thursday signed onto President Donald Trump’s expanded pledge to protect utility customers from the cost of new, massive data center developments.

Johnstown seeks solutions, and RFPs, for trash troubles

Johnstown's new trash law requires residents to use trash cans, now the city council is looking into how to provide residents with cans.

Johnstown seeks solutions, and RFPs, for trash troubles

Johnstown's new trash law requires residents to use trash cans, now the city council is looking into how to provide residents with cans.

Two council decisions cloud Tampa’s role in Rays’ ballpark proposal

"I really do believe they're putting the cart before the horse and they're just hoping that we take the bait."

MV Water Authority office to close July 28 for training

UTICA — The Mohawk Valley Water Authority offices will close at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, for a training and education event for all employees, the agency has announced.

Recognition denied

Henry ‘Hank’ Ashwood Sr., the man I affectionately gave the moniker ‘Pappa Wood’ for which he became known by the young men and women he recruited, was the unselfish, unrelenting force behind the movement to integrate the fire department and continue the recruitment and hiring of…