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Budget provides money for new Brevard, Mount Dora emergency operations centers Apopka gets fire station money, but loses out on Harmon Road funding. Money to help fund new emergency operations centers in Brevard County and Mount Dora has made it into the state budget, now that the Senate has signed off on key provisions of the House proposals. The proposed state budget, which House and Senate Brevard County with its new emergency operations center to replace one in Rocklege that has become ove...

Crew-2 marks the third crewed flight flown by SpaceX. Note: Weve brought you a front-row seat to rocket launches from Florida since 1966. Journalism like our space coverage takes time and resources. Please consider a subscription to stay up-to-date on Florida space news and launches. All eyes will be on the sky early Friday. SpaceX and NASA are targeting 5:49 a.m. Friday, April 23, for its Crew-2 mission.  The highly anticipated NASA and SpaceX Crew-2 mission launch involves sending four ...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.22.21 Dont miss your first look at stories driving todays agenda in Florida politics. If it’s time for a pickle pizza, that must mean it’s time for the Florida State Fair. Yes, that 11-day celebration of crafts, displays, agriculture exhibits, thrill rides, and really weird food begins today at the state fairgrounds in Tampa. Normally by now, the Fair would be long gone, but as we all know, there is nothing norm...

Crew-2 launch day parking, traffic rules to know Pro-tip: Download the Waze App and plan to get there early Rick Neale, Florida Today Tags:  A steady flow of people setting up their launch-viewing spot at Cocoa Beach. (WKMG) BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – As the Space Coast prepares for Thursday’s scheduled launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, officials also are preparing for potential traffic tie-ups, reports News 6 partner Florida Today. There could be 200,000 or more pe...

SHARE ORLANDO, Fla. — When Congress passed the "American Rescue Plan", it came with a $1.9 trillion price tag — and one promise. What You Need To Know More than 53,000 Floridians working for local governments were laid off, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CARES Act required money to be funneled to cities from states, counties American Rescue Plan allows cities to get direct funding, has fewer strings That promise was that the relief package would help American families and ...

A total of 37,660 cases have now been confirmed in the county. Of those, 36,7002 are Florida residents and 658 are not. The death toll is 814 as of Sunday. A total of 2,176 Florida residents in Brevard have been hospitalized since the pandemic began. Of the Florida residents tested in Brevard on Saturday, 1,127 tested negative, making for a daily positivity rate of 8%. Brevard County has recorded a two-week positivity rate average of just over 6%.  Brevard had 50 people hospitalized ...

Keep the district, ditch the branding We are writing in support of the arts and culture district. We are artists. Zafod is a metal sculptor who has lived here for 35 years (think art cars in the Fourth of July parade). I am an author. I own property in Park City and serve on the Park City Historic Preservation Board. We support the renewal and beautification of a long-neglected area. The dilapidated hodgepodge of old utilitarian buildings will be transformed into a neighborhood with two anchor ...

Ian Moss Has A Setlist To Construct When Ian Moss heads out on his ‘One Guitar One Night Only’ tour in June he will be pooling his setlist from a very rich catalogue of songs he wrote or sang for Cold Chisel and his own solo albums now dating back 32 years. Ian Moss spoke to Noise11.com about the ‘One Guitar One Night Only’ tour. Ian says, “I don’t mind dipping into the Cold Chisel pool, especially if it was something that I sang, like ‘One Long Day for example. I go ahead and sin...

Central Florida counties plan for Spring Break amid COVID-19

While not as brisk as in pre-pandemic years, spring break tourism in Brevard County, Orlando and Florida is on the upswing.