The latest breaking news, stories and features from West Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach and the rest of Palm Beach County from the award-winning team at South Florida's NPR member station.
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"Hands Across America 2.0 is about bringing communities together to stand united to save our democracy, support our immigrant neighbors, and show that the will of the people still matters," Myra Kremenitzer, head of Indivisible Boca Raton, said in a statement announcing Monday’s planned protest.
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The 18-month project will remake the one-of-a-kind cultural center in Palm Beach.
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The multi-million-dollar grant will be used to expand the airport's terminal to include new restrooms, dedicated mother's rooms, and a brand-new sensory room designed to assist families traveling with neurodivergent children, said USDOT officials in a statement.
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During its annual storm drill, Florida Power & Light practiced rapid response for a mock Category 2 hurricane to keep customers in power during an extreme storm.
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A 55-year-old hotline for suicide prevention, crisis services will double its space in Palm Beach County.
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Vendors working for the controversial immigration detention facility in the Everglades were reportedly told that it would shut down next month, according to the New York Times and CBS News.
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The congressional committee investigating disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein held a field hearing Tuesday in West Palm Beach, where he received the infamous sweetheart deal that allowed him to avoid federal charges.
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Commissioners in Boynton Beach voted unanimously, 5-0, to approve revisions to the city code to prevent the private resale of plots at two historic public cemeteries.
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Florida Highway Patrol is leading efforts statewide to locate and arrest immigrants without legal status. A review of available numbers finds that approximately one in five arrests by troopers occurred in Palm Beach County. WLRN sought to learn why the focus has fallen heavier on the county than Broward and Miami-Dade, which have larger immigrant populations.
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Frankel, who represents a large part of Palm Beach County in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, says she will run this year in District 23.
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The school board of Palm Beach County on Wednesday voted to increase teacher salaries by 3.5%, as recommended by an external party.
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Moskowitz is pivoting to the newly created 25th district, which stretches along the coast from Delray Beach to Miami Beach. Its an area Trump won in 2024 by about 9 percentage points.