Dangerous rip currents ahead: South Florida’s beaches will face high surf and life-threatening rip currents through Saturday evening as Category 2 Erin skirts offshore — find out what beachgoers need to know.
Florida ends completion certificates: Under HB 1105, students with disabilities who can’t meet diploma standards will leave school without any formal credential, potentially blocking access to jobs and further education — find out what’s next.
South Florida commute shakeup: Miami-Dade drivers now shave four minutes a day, over 15 hours a year, while Broward trips have grown amid heavy construction and an early return to offices — find out how your commute stacks up.
Florida’s Emergency Response HQ: Florida’s new 400,000-square-foot Central Operations & Coordination Office opened this week in Auburndale, housing more than 300 personnel, sleeping quarters, trailers and stockpiles of food, water and generators to speed storm response along the I-4 corridor — find out how you can prepare.
Everglades blaze expands: A merged fire now engulfs 19,450 acres deep in the Everglades, pushing smoke over South Florida, triggering air quality alerts, and remaining uncontained in remote conservation lands — find out.
Other Florida headlines this week
- 125th Fighter Wing receives first F-35
- Florida man arrested after drug-laden drone crash
- Daytona eatery ranks among Florida’s funky favorites
- Surging Florida condo supply creates buyers’ market
- Florida sees fifth straight weekly claims decline
- Florida Poly enrollment hits record 1,900 students
