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Community
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries (GGI), in partnership with Palm Beach County, is pleased to announce the dedication of a new plaque at ...
Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick recently met with graduates of Morselized Health System’s...
Constitutional Tax Collector Anne M. Gannon is pleased to announce employees at the Palm Beach County Tax Collector’s Office...
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Human Interest
A five-day march to draw attention to the plight of farmworkers is planned March 14-18, traveling 40 miles from Pahokee to Palm Beach.
The city of Pahokee hosted its annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King celebration on Saturday, Jan. 14, beginning with …
 The week of Dec. 4-10, I lived in a land where the days brought open skies, vast prairies dotted with hammocks of live oaks draped with Spanish moss ....
The Great Florida Cattle Drive, held Dec. 4-10 in Osceola County, included about 350 riders, 14 wagons and one man on foot.
2022 Miss  Miss Latina of The Glades Jayla Vallejo (right) and Miss Teen Latina of the Glades Maria Martell (left)  were crowned Nov. 6 ...
Opinion
Most of us know that too much stress causes health problems like diabetes, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and likely some …
Joseph Schumpeter was an Austrian born economist who last century coined the term “creative destruction...
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Police & Fire
The following individuals were arrested on felony or driving under the influence (DUI) charges by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Offic...
A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a vehicle on U.S. 27 near mile-marker 68 in unincorporated Palm Beach County, at 8:30 a.m. …
The following individuals were arrested on felony or driving under the influence (DUI) charges by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office...
Florida Highway Partrol  reported a fatal crash on State Road 715 early Monday morning. A 63-year-old Belle Glade man died...
Schools
Mr. McKelvin and the drumline of Rosenwald Elementary School participated in...
Glade View Elementary art teacher Mr. White and his students took home awards for the Palm Beach County...
Mrs. Angela Moore, Glades Region Superintendent and Mrs. Marcia Andrews, Board Member attended....
Government

What does it mean to be ‘woke’?

The dictionary defines “woke” as "aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues, especially issues of racial and social justice.”

Florida Secretary of State announces updated voter registration website

Website that offers Florida’s eligible voters a secure and convenient way to register to vote or update an existing voter registration.

$21 million available to enhance Florida’s behavioral health systems

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) announced $21 million in available funding for essential programs to enhance mental health crisis services in …
Business
PAHOKEE – The Muck Tavern at the Pahokee Marina offers fine dining on the Lake Okeechobee waterfront.
Why does gasoline cost more in one state than another?
News from the Belle Glade Chamber of Commerce
Veterans

Homecoming provides welcome and healing for veterans

On Saturday, April 15, the skies over Palm Beach International will be a little more glorious than usual...

Patriot Guard honors fellow veterans all year long

Patriot Guard members are often on hand at funerals of veterans to provide support....

Be on hand to welcome veterans home

As in the past, a crowd of individuals will gather at Palm Beach International Airport...

Be on hand to welcome veterans home

On Saturday, Sept. 17, Palm Beach International Airport will be the place to be as Southeast Florida Honor Flight returns...
Health

'Mad cow' blood donation deferrals can have health records updated

Blood donors who were previously turned away due to living in Europe in the 1980s can donated blood again...
The annual Okeechobee Blood Roundup is planned for November.

OneBlood lifts donor restriction for those who lived in Europe

The decades old restriction on blood donations by those who lived in parts of Europe in the 1980s or 1990s has been lifted.

Health Care District Board welcomes three new members

At its first public meeting of the year on Jan. 26, the Health Care District of Palm Beach County’s Board welcomed three new members...
Health Care District's Life Trans Ground Ambulance

Health Care District holds ribbon cutting for new ambulances

The Health Care District of Palm Beach County invites the media to a ribbon cutting event next Friday, January 27...
Traffic & Road Work
The following column is the Road Watch report for Western Palm Beach Count...

Pahokee

Palm Beach County plans to install 1,000 street lights along a 20-mile stretch of State Road 80.

Pahokee

On March 15, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) announced upgrades to the Florida 511 (FL511) Advanced Traveler Information System...
Agriculture
Farmerworkers are marching from Pahokee to Palm Beach this week. [Photo courtesy CIW]

Build a Better World March continues

Another day, another 12 miles of progress as marchers neared the halfway mark ...

Plant pathologist Katia Viana Xavier forging change for food security

Katia Viana Xavier holds a special place among growers in the Everglades Agriculture Area (EAA) as a researcher...
Wildlife & Environment

UF-led research gets special help to restock sea urchins on coral reef

On and off over the past four decades, scientists have tried a handful of times to restore sea urchins on coral reefs...

New mosquito species reported in Florida

Another new mosquito species has made its way across the tropics into Florida, making a permanent home in at least three counties.
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