Drew DixonJanuary 7, 2025
4min0
Jacksonville to open cold shelter in advance of cold blast, urges others to seek help from nonprofit shelters, too.
Tag: ShelterAttorney General Pam Bondi listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting. Image via AP.
Drew DixonJanuary 7, 2025
Fresh Take FloridaSeptember 25, 2024
2min0
Remember to keep your four-legged friends safe.
Anne GeggisAugust 31, 2023
5min0
Uber expanded the number of eligible areas as the hardest-hit areas became more apparent.
Kelly HayesSeptember 28, 2022
5min0
As the storm moves slowly across Florida, conditions in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties are expected to worsen throughout the day, even if the storm remains to the south.
Scott PowersMarch 31, 2021
4min3796
With bookings picking up, the convention center no longer has availability.
Jason DelgadoJune 30, 2020
2min832
The law will take effect July 1.
Jason DelgadoMay 28, 2020
2min345
Community shelters pose risks to new COVID-19 outbreaks.
Renzo DowneyMay 21, 2020
4min493
Getting schools online soon after hurricanes will be a more pressing priority.
Scott PowersNovember 1, 2017
3min444
Confusion and concern are mounting as Central Florida governments working with Puerto Rican and Virgin Island evacuees await direction from state and federal officials, leaders of Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties warned Wednesday. In a letter Wednesday to Florida Division of Emergency Management Interim Director Wesley Maul and copied to FEMA Administrator William Long and […]
Associated PressOctober 5, 2017
2min238
The last shelter used for Hurricane Irma evacuees has closed in Miami-Dade County. Ronald Book, who oversees the county’s homeless agency, says the final resident of the shelter set up inside the shelter was placed in a long-term apartment on Wednesday. Book tells the Miami Herald the woman was homeless before the hurricane, which complicated her exit […]