A wide stretch of central and southwestern Florida is under red flag warnings Friday ... making it dangerous to conduct any outdoor burning. Affected counties include both inland and coastal areas ...

Florida forecasters continue to warn residents of the elevated fire danger around the state, although Tuesday's rains helped a few counties a bit. There were 50 wildfires reported in Florida Wednesday ...

but there are six county-enacted burn bans in central and southwest Florida, according to the Florida Forest Service’s burn ban map. Note that burning yard debris is always prohibited in Duval, Orange ...

County commissioners Tuesday will hear a staff presentation on its decades-long practice of adding fluoride to its drinking ...