90% of aquifer stations below normal
A St. Johns River Water Management District staff member said about 90% of monitored aquifer stations were below the normal range in May, and the districtwide Upper Floridan aquifer index closed May a…
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More than half of Florida remains in extreme drought
More than half of Florida remained in extreme drought, including all or part of 10 district counties, said Tim Miller, the St. Johns River Water Management District’s bureau chief for water resource i…
Read MoreLake Brooklyn down 12 feet over the past year
May brought the St. Johns River Water Management District its first above-normal rainfall in seven months, but officials told the governing board June 6 that the gains were not enough to lift a Phase…
Read MoreFirst Baptist mourning departures of longtime members
The transitional pastor of Starke's First Baptist Church said the church's leadership is giving members room to grieve the departure of longtime attendees, after a May 31 vote to dissolve the 149-year…
Read MoreRotary, county, Clay Electric team up for new boat ramp pavilion
Starke Rotary Club members and Bradford County officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new pavilion at the Little Santa Fe Lake boat ramp on Thursday, June 4, capping a project years in the mak…
Read MoreCammack: Dems spending $20 million to beat me.
U.S. Congresswoman Kat Cammack told a Bradford County audience that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has targeted her district, claiming Democrats plan to spend up to $20 million to unseat her b…
Read MoreGOP speaker- embrace school choice, market competition
Education entrepreneur Erika Donalds urged Bradford County Republicans to embrace school choice and free-market competition in education during a keynote address at the Republican Party of Bradford Co…
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Husband and wife team seek Lake Butler city, Union school board offices
A husband and wife who settled in Union County a few years ago made their case to voters at a recent joint event at the Lake Butler Woman’s Club, with Calvin “Cal” Peterson Jr. seeking a Union County…
Read MoreReport: Man live streamed his beating of girlfriend
Tyler James Goad, 33, of Starke, was arrested by Bradford deputies on May 21 for battery. According to an arrest report, while deputies were en route, dispatch received a call from a man who said Goad…
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