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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Rob Long won Tuesday’s special election for Florida House District 90, filling the seat left vacant after state Rep. Joe Casello’s death in July. The district includes Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, and nearby coastal communities.
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A day after Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia blasted Palm Beach County as the statewide leader of “waste, fraud and abuse,” County Administrator Joe Abruzzo on Friday struck back, calling the financial chief’s claims “fictitious” and his tactics questionable.
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Palm Beach County dismisses landfill option, moves forward with $1.5 billion incinerator.
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AI-powered recommendation algorithms on social media are carving pop culture into tiny, personalized bubbles, fueling echo chambers and leaving fewer shared experiences. Creators and educators unpack what that means for creators, audiences and for the shared experiences we might be losing along the way.
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From the 1930s through the 70s, Black elders remember the Sunset Lounge in West Palm's Historic Northwest District as a place where jazz legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington performed. Now it's back.
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The road aims to relieve congestion on Northlake Boulevard, pave way for apartments on a former mobile home park site.
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The city of West Palm Beach awards contract to run renovated courts to USTA Florida. The plan would end free recreational play.
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The Democratic congresswoman's federal indictment for campaign fraud could lead to 53 years in prison. It is rooted in her successful campaign to win a 2021 special election for the seat of longtime incumbent Alcee Hastings - after losing in two previous primaries against him. The difference for Cherfilus-McCormick in 2021: Money. Lots of money.
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The Florida Climate Survey, the thirteenth conducted by the FAU Center for Environmental Studies, found that 36% of statewide residents "had moved or were considering moving in part or fully due to weather hazards."
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Through dazzling beadwork, a mixed-media art exhibit celebrates African Yoruba heritage and family traditions from a rising African star in global contemporary art.
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Local municipalities are ramping up enforcement of a recently passed mooring law, causing an uproar among South Florida’s boating communities.
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The final report on West Palm Beach’s downtown waterfront urges the city to appoint a waterfront czar for the city’s signature asset.