Palm Coast City Council members support a planned Town Center YMCA but substantial funding remains unsecured and financial and lease clarity was lacking from a proposed document the council is…
Palm Coast Council Questions Funding Gaps and Other Uncertainties Saddling Town Center Y
Palm Coast City Council members support a planned Town Center YMCA but substantial funding remains unsecured and financial and lease clarity was lacking from a proposed document the council is…
11-year-Old Indian Trails Middle Student Arrested on Felony Charge for Stabbing Threat
An 11-year-old Indian Trails Middle School student is facing a second-degree felony charge of making written threats to kill after a text threatening another boy with a stabbing was traced…
The Paramount‑Warner Merger Is a Problem for Democracy
Paramount acquired Warner Bros. Discovery in a $110 billion deal that formed Skydance Corporation and placed CNN and CBS News under shared corporate control. The consolidation plans $6 billion in…
ICE Is Fast-Tracking Nationwide Domestic Spy Program
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reportedly fast-tracking a program designed to expand its domestic surveillance capabilities in dozens of cities across the United States. Details of the new spy…
Florida Realtors Claim Amendment 3 Makes Homes Affordable. Their Listing Website Says Opposite.
Florida Realtors is bankrolling Amendment 3 and pitching the property tax cut as relief for Floridians priced out of homeownership. The Senior Economist at Realtor.com, the listings site that operates…
Matanzas, Flagler Palm Coast swimmers splash it up on Senior Day
The teams split the meet with the Matanzas girls and FPC boys winning the team competitions.
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Florida’s Social Media Law as Challenges Continue
Florida’s law banning minors under 14 from getting their own social media accounts is likely constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, throwing out a lower court’s preliminary injunction against…
The GOP’s Voter Fraud Myth May Backfire, Suppressing Their Own Midterm Turnout
Republican efforts to convince Americans that voter fraud is rampant create significant risks for their midterm candidates. Persuading voters that election systems are rigged convinces conservative partisans their ballots cannot…
Amendment 3 Losing Support as Republicans Cool and Blacks Flip, St. Pete Poll Finds
A constitutional amendment that would raise the homestead exemption to $250,000 in 2028 has 42% support among likely voters, 18 points short of the 60% it needs to pass, according…
What Literacy Decline? William T. Vollmann’s 3,000‑Page Novel.
With forecasters of doom debating the end of reading, of publishing and of literacy in general, what should we make of William T. Vollmann’s forthcoming novel, “A Table for Fortune”?…
Palm Coast City Council Business Meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
Written By: Adam Thomas, Communications & Marketing October 16, 2026 The agenda for the Palm Coast City Council Business Meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. will be…
Small crowd hears big issues at Flagler Woman’s Club candidate forum
Candidates discussed the proposed Bunnell landfill, property taxes and government spending ahead of the November election.
‘It ain’t over’: Flagler Palm Coast falls to Creekside but still hopeful for a chance to make the playoffs
A muffed punt hurt the Bulldogs’ chances of making a late comeback against the Knights, who clinched the district championship.
Palm Coast woman arrested for DUI while trying to pick up child from school
According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, the woman had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit when she drove to Wadsworth Elementary School.
Flagler School Board Warms to $3 Million Lease Deal for Palm Coast YMCA Pool, With Conditions
The Volusia-Flagler YMCA is asking the Flagler County School Board for $3 million toward a reconfigured $14 million facility in Palm Coast’s Town Center, slated for completion in 2029. The…
Sheriff’s Office Lands $168,000 in State Grants for Traffic Safety and Education
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office received $168,000 in Florida Department of Transportation grants for fiscal year 2027 to reduce crashes through enforcement and education. The award provides $90,000 for motorcycle…
The Cost of Toxic Leadership in the Workplace
You will probably recognise toxic leaders when you encounter them. They are the ones whose presence shifts the atmosphere, whose emails create unease, or whose behaviour limits the thinking of…
Palm Coast Council’s Pontieri And Flagler Humane Society Clash Over Thrift Store Profit Accounting
Palm Coast council member Theresa Pontieri claimed the Flagler Humane Society conceals substantial thrift store profits through standard accounting practices even as it seeks increases in city contributions. The shelter…
Parent Tried to Pick-Up Child at Wadsworth Elementary Drunk at 3 Times Legal Limit
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Palm Coast woman for DUI after staff at Wadsworth Elementary school reported she was attempting to pick up a child from the…
Data Centers Now the Largest Financial Bet in History, Dwarfing Dot-Com, Electrification and Rail Booms
The size of investment in data centers is drawing concern as it surpasses all other historical booms and crowds out job-creating ventures.