Clay County Fire Rescue gives retired ambulances new life as brush trucks
Rather than scrap or sell its outdated ambulances, CCFR is revamping them as brush trucks, designed to fight wildfires in challenging terrain.
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Music venue FIVE announces new concert dates as opening day nears
Jacksonville’s newest live music venue is nearing its official opening and stacking up show dates following months of delays. Aly & AJ and Bowling For Soup have now joined the line-up for later this year.
MOSH to close by September as new location nears construction
According to officials, construction will begin on MOSH’s new location on the Northbank in 2026, before a projected grand opening in Summer 2028.
Georgia’s first sea turtle nest of the season laid on Jekyll island
“It’s like clockwork, we always get our first nest during the first week of May,” Georgia Sea Turtle Program Coordinator Mark Dodd said. Nests have already begun popping up in Florida.
24-hour animal microchip scanners now available in Camden County
In a new partnership with Camden County Sheriff Kevin Chaney and an anonymous benefactor, two 24-hour microchip scanning stations are now available to people in the area.
Jacksonville advocacy groups protest deportation efforts as ICE conducts mass operation
The rally happened just hours after ICE announced the results of a “first-of-its-kind” partnership between Florida and federal agencies this week, arresting nearly 800 undocumented immigrants in four days.
‘Our final dream’: Jacksonville’s only cat cafe ditching coffee, reopening as clinic
The Caffeinated Cat pounced onto the scene as an offshoot of a local non-profit, Mayport Cats, which has operated for nearly two decades.
Local non-profit K9s for Warriors helps craft bill to support veteran service dog programs
K9s for Warriors, a non-profit organization based out of Ponte Vedra Beach, said it worked with the senators to get the SAVES Act ready for consideration.
Judge rules Florida agency violated Endangered Species Act, resulting in mass manatee deaths
The advocacy group Bear Warriors United said this ruling sets a new national precedent: “No state agency is above the Endangered Species Act, even when it comes to regulating itself. The decision signals a turning point for environmental enforcement in Florida and across the country.”
Starting young: How 1600+ Duval County students registered to vote in March
According to last month’s data, people aged 25 or younger make up less than 11% of the county’s registered voters. Teens in Florida can get registration out of the way early.
