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State grants Polk County $500,000 for land acquisition around Avon Park Air Force Range
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office announced a grant of $500,000 to protect lands around Avon Park...
Florida Buildings I Love, No. 11: The Hotel Jacaranda, 1926, Avon Park
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFlorida’s 1920s boom was not limited to the coasts. Towns in the center of the state also saw a lot...
Easement will protect land on Lake Wales Ridge
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA 320-acre property in Polk County surrounded by a state forest and near a military base has gained protection from potential development. Phillip Rucks...
'We're out': Canopy Oaks withdraws proposal to add mobile home units at Lake Wales resort
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBARTOW — Mobile home units are no longer in the hopeful future plans for the Resort at Canopy Oaks...
Meet the Military Personnel Who Support and Defend Endangered Animals
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoMore than 500 threatened and endangered species make their home on the nation’s military...
'You have to care': Family experience led Mark Arquitt into the home-health care business
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt is a sobering fact that the older we get the more statistically likely we are to require...
What’s with all the loud planes around MacDill Air Force Base lately?
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 3 months agoResidents in the Tampa Bay area may have noticed the skies around MacDill Air Force Base have been...
Polk Planning Commission denies Canopy Oaks expansion beneath military flight path
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn an ongoing battle between property rights and the preservation of military air space in rural...
Contaminated bases endanger vulnerable minority communities | Opinion
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOver the last century, the U.S. army's use, storage, and inattentive disposal of toxic substances...
4th of July: Where to see fireworks in Central Indiana, including Hamilton, Boone counties
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Fourth of July is coming up quickly and Central Indiana will have no shortage of festivals,...