3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (782+ words) Hialeah Mayor Bryan Calvo is promising lower water bills for more than half of the city’s water and sewer customers beginning next month, but his administration has yet to explain how it will pay for the reductions while the utility…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (307+ words) We’re back to work and school after the long Labor Day weekend. Are gas prices still going up as we hit the road for a new week in South Florida? On Tuesday, Sept 8, prices are up a few cents a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (278+ words) System type: Tropical storm The National Hurricane Center's 5 p.m. Tuesday advisory reported that Edouard first crossed the Gulf of Mexico, entered Louisiana and then headed to Texas. Tropical Storm Edouard is 40 miles west of Cameron, Louisiana and 5 miles west of Port…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (302+ words) System type: Tropical depression Forecasters issued a storm surge watch for a portion of the northwestern gulf coast. Forecasters alert of a tropical storm warning extended for eastward along the coast of southwestern Louisiana. The Tropical Storm Warning has been…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (317+ words) South Florida drivers are seeing slightly higher prices at the pump as they get back to work and school this week. The average price in Miami and Fort Lauderdale is 2 cents a gallon higher than a month ago and 89 cents…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (175+ words) Hitting the road Friday or over the weekend for a quick getaway? You’ll see higher prices at the gas pump. The cost of gas on Aug 28 is 10 cents higher in Florida from the start of the week, and also up…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (605+ words) Police canine handlers bet their lives on their dogs, yet the majority of American law-enforcement agencies don’t financially support their K9s once they retire, according to the Retired Police Canine Foundation. Canine medical needs are pricey, foundation spokesman Lt. John Pappas…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (246+ words) The National Hurricane Center is eyeing two systems in the Atlantic with medium chances of becoming the next named storm of the season — Dolly. One is worth watching for Florida. The first disturbance, a low pressure area a few hundred…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (212+ words) Two large fires at Homestead’s Everglades National Park have gotten the attention of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service’s firefighters. One of the fires, the Chipmunk Fire, was initially reported on Friday and is two miles away from Shark Valley. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (566+ words) A year after Miami-Dade County stripped its environmental division of regulatory authority, conservation groups are warning a dramatic budget cut now threatens its award-winning land-preservation program. In a letter to the county commission and mayor, the groups say ongoing cuts…...