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After a cat tested positive for rabies this week, Port Orange is under a 60-day rabies alert.

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County issued a rabies alert after a cat in the area tested positive for the virus on Tuesday.

By now, you know what to expect when the first weeks of June roll around: Another editorial asking everyone to check their storm-season supplies, go over their insurance policies, make any necessary repairs to buildings and landscaping, and identify where you’d go in the event of an evacuation. And yes, of course you should do all that. Most long-term Floridians have had to sit through at least one miserable span of days with no air conditioning, kitchen facilities or television, listening to the constant rumble of generators and whine of chainsaws. As a community, we’ve always been...

"The lord put me in the right place at the right time," angler Audie Morris said.

Sea cows in Florida are dying at an alarming rate.