Volusia County

The Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is calling on residents for help after the federal government suspended funds critical to feeding many in the region.

Exhausted by “studies of studies,” residents of Volusia’s rural Tomoka Farms Village community say they're ready to take flooding concerns into their own hands.

Narcan, which is used to treat opioid overdoses, is now available in Volusia County via vending machines. The vending machines provide round the clock access to Narcan in Deland and Ormond Beach.

Dozens of people spoke in Astor Thursday about a proposed Springs Protection Zone for Silver Glen. Most of them said: no thanks.

The decision follows years of residents' grievances due to major losses caused by floods that they claim are a direct result of the county’s overdevelopment.

Students and faculty can stop by Mary’s Market, which officially opened Feb. 3.

The move comes after former chair Jessie Thompson’s resignation.

The one-year pause exempts two commercial corridors -- along Park Avenue and U.S. 1 -- and 11,400 residential units already in the development pipeline.

The state’s recent approval of $317 million to protect thousands of acres of land includes the acquisition of a ranch property just northeast of the Volusia County preserve.

The nonprofit seeks a court order forcing Florida to adopt more protective groundwater pumping rules, nearly nine years after a law passed issuing that same directive to the state.