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Aug. 30– As Hurricane Dorian looms, South Florida residents are preparing for the worst. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in Florida ahead of the now Category 3 storm. –Opa-locka: Public Works Department, starting at 8 a.m. Friday.

In Miami, officials have issued an order to companies who have deployed a few hundred dockless electric scooters along the city’s dense urban coastline: You need to pick up your stuff by noon Friday. Leaders from Miami, Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County held press conferences advising residents to have a plan and be ready to follow it if the forecast worsens for…

Aug. 30– Hurricane Dorian is set to hit Florida as a Category 4 hurricane early next week. Besides visiting MiamiHerald.com for hurricane updates, here are the emergency websites, contacts and social media accounts you need to know in South Florida:. Miami-Dade County’s Office of Emergency Management supports the community’s disaster preparedness and has a…

Roy Cooper signed raises for state employees into law on Friday, giving thousands of state employees their promised pay increases. The raises will be retroactive to July 1, when the fiscal year started. In separate bills, raises will go to State Bureau of Investigation and Alcohol Law Enforcement, State Highway Patrol and correctional officers.

Pete Gaynor, acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka. Pete Gaynor, acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Sen. Rick Scott, R- Fla.; Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living announced that it expects to award up to 54 cooperative agreements for state health insurance assistance. There are currently 54 active SHIP grants; one in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. One SHIP grant will be awarded to cover…

Aug. 30– GREENSBORO– For Yolanda and Kenley Harris, walking out unscathed after a third large oak tree toppled onto their single-story home was the first blessing. The April 2018 tornado that struck East Greensboro carved its destructive path right through their property. “Without the partnerships that we’ve created with the Storm Recovery Alliance, a lot of…

Aug. 30– President Donald Trump issued a disaster declaration Friday for all of Florida as it became increasingly likely that Hurricane Dorian would make a significant strike on the state’s east coast. Trump painted a dire situation for Floridians in a videotaped message released by the White House, saying it appeared Dorian could be an “absolute monster” with “…

Hurricane Dorian put the brakes on its skulk through the tropical Atlantic on Friday, but continued to muster a Category 4 ambush targeting Florida’s east coast next week. National Hurricane Center forecasters warned of prolonged catastrophic winds and feet of rain as the “extremely dangerous” tropical cyclone slowed to 9 mph with a prediction calling for an…

The changes are in response to the Aug. 2 shooting death of Erin Langhofer, who was struck by a stray bullet around 10 p.m. while she was waiting at a food truck near 18th and Main streets. “After the tragic and senseless loss of Erin Langhofer during August First Friday, the Crossroads Community Association asked members of the Crossroads Arts District community to…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families and small businesses in the path of Hurricane Dorian that USDA has programs that provide assistance in the wake of disasters. In a continuing effort to serve the public, USDA partnered with FEMA and other…

The properties, including The Barn at 67 Minot Ave., were part of an ambitious $40 million plan backed by Chinese investors to create a health and wellness hotel aligned with Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. Auburn medical tourism project in limbo. The former shoe factory was purchased by Miracle Enterprise in 2015, a sale that also included a former car…

It is licensed to sell insurance on the health exchange in Caddo, Bossier, Red River, Grant, Vernon, Rapides and Calcasieu parishes. Already on the exchange are Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Monroe- based Vantage Health Plan, which Blue Cross acquired. Christus plans to sell insurance directly to individuals as a health maintenance organization in…

WEST PALM BEACH– Palm Beach County hurricane shelters will open Sunday morning, but Gov. >>MORE: When should Palm Beach County residents go, and where? DeSantis also said request for a pre-landfall disaster declaration has been approved by President Donald Trump Friday as Hurricane Dorian slowly closed in on Florida’s east coast.

Summer is a wonderful time for traveling. Neither age nor health should keep you from going on a vacation. With some thoughtful planning, a trip to visit with family and friends or to visit specific destinations can be a joy.

The Relief Fund was established in 2016 by United Way of Northeast Florida, United Way of St. Johns County, The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, the Jewish Federation of Jacksonville and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund. The fund seeks contributions for Dorian-related “immediate, unmet response and recovery needs,” according to the United Way.