Okeechobee County

There are two farewell tours left to come walk the halls and reminice

Okeechobee County hasn't raised its ambulance rate nor the rate to hire firefighters and paramedics for special duty details in four years.

A wildfire burning along Lake O in Okeechobee County is at 8,600 acres, information from the Florida Forestry Service said.

About 2/3rds of the counties in Florida charge fees for new development

Idea is to pass costs of growth onto developers and newcomers

A number of projects across Florida, including several in Southwest and South regions, will share in $311 million disbursed by the state Thursday.Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the funding, earmarked for infrastructure repair in 37 Florida communities at a briefing at the Sebring Airport Thursday.

A land acquisition approved by the state Wednesday includes 10,996 acres within the Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor in Collier and Hendry counties. Also approved for purchased was a 1,059-acre rural lands protection easement within the Siboney Ranch Project in Okeechobee County.

State DOT says road diet — narrow lanes and no left turns — will make community safer; County commissioners beg to differ.

Plans to narrow the lanes of State Road 70 were shot down by county commissioners

Florida is a haven for mosquitoes