Observer

FPC will host the 40th annual Flagler Rotary Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 30-31.

The Bulldogs swept the season series against the Pirates.

Built in 2002, the house sold for $365,000 more on Jan. 6 compared to its last sale in 2015.

The Bulldogs won three individual titles with 119-pounder Nya Williams outlifting everyone at the meet.

The House Ways & Means Committee approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would phase out non-school homestead property taxes over the next decade.

The Bulldogs improved to 14-1-5 with a 1-0 victory over Atlantic Coast in the district semifinals.

Volusia County states that artificial reefs reflect the principles John Crisp championed: strengthening marine life, preserving natural systems and investing in long-term solutions.

Serle succeeds outgoing Chairman Erick Palacios, who passed the gavel to him at the annual installation on Thursday, Jan. 22.

The Florida license plate can be ordered at any Flagler Tax Collector’s office.

The County Council was set to review the program’s 2040 strategic plan at its meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20, but councilmen opted to table after one committee member cast a…

Melissa Lammers, ECHO Volusia Forever Alliance vice chair: ‘We know what has made Volusia Forever successful and we are concerned to see some of those key features up for modification…

The crowd was exuberant despite a one-sided match which the experienced Bulldogs won, 64-6, over a young Pirates squad.

Williams Biddle, 34, was caught on security cameras stealing power tools from two different stores twice in December.

VSO deputies responded to a manufactured home community on Hand Avenue after receiving a report that a man had been walking down the neighborhood road with a gun while yelling…

Political committee Let Volusia Vote is leading a grassroots effort to place a charter amendment on the 2026 ballot to prohibit blackwater from potable water reuse and aquifer injection.

The 2026 officers and directors were also installed at the Jan. 15 luncheon.

What to do this week in Ormond Beach and Palm Coast.

Newlin donated $720,000 toward the purchase of the $1.42 million helicopter. The FCSO contributed $575,000 from a one-time, year-end budget savings and $125,000 from seized drug money.

The county will begin the next phase of emergency dune restoration at the Preserve. MalaCompra Park will reopen in early February.

The schedule includes guided hikes, hands-on workshops and expert-led presentations at libraries, environmental centers and parks along the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail and beyond.