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State of emergency declared for Baker, Columbia Counties after trees fall on homes and cars
LAKE CITY, Fla. — One of the hardest hit areas of Friday morning’s storms were west of Jacksonville in Columbia and Baker counties. At one point the power was out for more than 13,000 customers in Columbia County, nearly a third of the population. Gov. Ron DeSantis declared...
The Fire Watch seeks to engage businesses, philanthropies in effort to reduce veteran suicides
After seeing consistently positive results in the three years following its founding, a Northeast Florida nonprofit that works to reduce veteran suicides plans to begin reaching out to businesses and philanthropic organizations for financial support to expand its reach. The Fire Watch, which trains volunteers to recognize signs of crisis...
Softball Recap: Ava Martyn can't quite lead Yulee over Baker County
Yulee and Baker County squared off in some playoff action on Wednesday, but Yulee had to settle for second. They fell 7-2 to the Baker County Wildcats. Yulee's defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak. Yulee saw six different players step up and record at least one hit....
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