Young voters turned out at near-record levels in the 2026 midterms, reaching 27 percent participation. Economic concerns, jobs, healthcare, and the conflict in Iran topped their priorities, driving sixty-six percent…
Young People Surged in Near-Record Numbers at Midterms
Young voters turned out at near-record levels in the 2026 midterms, reaching 27 percent participation. Economic concerns, jobs, healthcare, and the conflict in Iran topped their priorities, driving sixty-six percent…
Flagler Cares Launches Annual Campaign To Keep Holiday Lights On for Struggling Families
Flagler Cares launched its third annual holiday campaign to help local families facing financial hardship maintain essential utility services. Nearly half of Flagler County households fall below the ALICE threshold,…
Palm Coast Government Is Now Landlord of 23 Town Center Parcels as Familiar Face Returns to Manage Business
Palm Coast city government on Friday closed on a $17 million transaction making the city the owner and landlord of 23 Town Center parcels totaling 259 acres. The city is…
Pool Contractor on Probation for 2024 Theft Now Faces 8 Charges of Defrauding Customers of Over $100,000
Dominic Solicito, faces eight counts of felony grand theft for allegedly defrauding customers through Advanced Pool and Spa Technologies.
Flagler’s and Florida’s Voter Turnout Was Not As High as 2018, But Better Than Most Midterms
Overall voter turnout for the midterm election in Florida was 60.9 percent, the second-highest in the last 30 years. In Flagler County, it was 64.1 percent, just under the 64.55…
Sheriff Resists Underfunded Animal Control Takeover as County and Humane Society Stray Over Impasse
Flagler County government and the Flagler Humane Society have still not agreed to an extension of the county’s animal control contract as confusion and frustration builds over what services are…
Lessons from the 1974 and 1994 Midterm Tsunamis
Historic congressional midterm landslides in 1974 and 1994 promised revolutionary governance yet delivered complicated outcomes. Bold reform agendas encountered deep institutional resistance, bitter partisan conflict, and presidential adaptability. Incoming majorities…
School Board Nears $3 Million YMCA Agreement, Overriding Will Furry’s Attempt to Preempt New Members’ Vote
Flagler County School Board advanced the upcoming vote on a $3 million YMCA lease agreement at a workshop today, with various previous issues worked out. Departing member Will Furry attempted…
Willie Seth Crain Scheduled To Be Killed in Florida’s 22nd Execution of the Year
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a warrant Tuesday for what is slated to be the 22nd execution of the year, even as a group of people exonerated after sitting on Florida’s…
Drought Restrictions Scaled Back But Watering Still Restricted to Once a Week
The St. Johns River Water Management District is reminding residents that landscape irrigation is now limited to once per week during Eastern Standard Time and announcing a modification to water…
Thank a Veteran, But Not the Growing Military-Civilian Gap
Media coverage frequently reduces military service members to exaggerated caricatures of heroes, charity cases, or damaged victims. Public attention surges briefly during holidays before vanishing entirely within days. Bridging this…
Bunnell Hosts Largest Cross-County Veterans Day Parade Yet as Celebrants Honor Sacrificial ‘Blank Check’
Bunnell hosted its largest unified Veterans Day parade featuring nearly seventy entrants, marching bands, vintage cars, hundreds of veterans and thousands of spectators. Local leaders delivered speeches honoring military sacrifices…
UF Researchers Discover Rare Mushroom Containing ‘Magic’ and Deadly Toxins
University of Florida researchers discovered a rare little brown mushroom in the genus Galerina that contains both psychedelic psilocybin and deadly amatoxins. Named Galerina indica, the specimen represents the first…
As Body Count Breaks Records, Death Row Pastor Calls on Byron Donalds To Halt Executions for Six Months
No state has executed more death row inmates over the past two years than Florida, but with a change of administrations taking place in January, anti-death penalty advocates are calling…
Data Centers Were Among the Election’s Big Losers
Voters delivered sweeping defeats to artificial intelligence computing facilities across 40 local ballot measures spanning 10 states. Spiraling utility expenses, natural resource depletion, and zoning conflicts united liberal environmentalists alongside…
Palm Coast Gala to Honor Vietnam Veterans With ‘A White Christmas’ Tribute
A local group called Remembering Heroes will host a holiday gala next month to honor Vietnam veterans, with eight veterans and their spouses set to receive special recognition and the…
Rotary Fantasy Lights helps local students pursue college dreams
Michelle Bartlome, Rotary Club of Flagler County For college students Jack Gilvary, Ciara Gordon and Lily Ames, a scholarship from the Rotary Club of Flagler County has helped make higher…
Flagler County celebrates Veterans Day with parade, ceremony in Bunnell
The annual celebration honored local veterans and recognized retired Navy Lt. Ernest Morris as Flagler County’s Veteran of the Year.
Riverfront Arts District stewards 64th annual Halifax Art Festival
RAD president Theresa Lieberman and her team offered a new enhanced experience while maintaining festival traditions on Nov. 7-8 in Daytona Beach.
OBMS becomes ninth Volusia middle school to receive metal detectors
This is an expansion of last year’s efforts, where VCS equipped all of its high schools with AI-assisted metal detectors.


