West Palm Beach

Art Palm Beach returns for its third edition in West Palm Beach, displaying eye-popping, international works like a 32-foot bear sculpture and a 19-foot Birkin bag. Organizers promise a more relaxed experience compared to larger events like Art Basel.

The race for West Palm Beach mayor has begun — more than two years before the election. West Palm Beach Commissioner Christina Lambert filed this week to run for the seat held by term-limited Mayor Keith James. Palm Beach County Commissioner Gregg Weiss also joined the race.

New investment is flowing toward a new Black history museum in the historic Coleman Park neighborhood in West Palm Beach — part of an effort to revitalize the community.

March municipal elections are set in some communities; West Palm Beach among several that will have no voting.

The $520 million Vanderbilt University campus planned for West Palm Beach is officially on its way.

The West Palm Beach production of the Tony-award winning musical Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet, is a dark cautionary tale about unchecked revenge just in time for spooky season.

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there.

Nearly two dozen indie music bands are riding the momentum of punk's resurgence at BumbleFest, Palm Beach County’s preeminent indie music festival

After more than 20 years, $2.5 million and 148 newly planted trees, West Palm Beach opened a bicycle and walking trail along Clear Lake from Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard to downtown.

City commissioners approved a plan Aug. 5 to install up to 20 electronic wayfinding kiosks throughout downtown — at no upfront cost to the city. The city will be working with IKE Smart City, a Columbus, Ohio, company, to set up and oversee the kiosks.

Residents say homeless individuals swarmed their historic neighborhood after city officials fenced off the park five months ago for construction — construction they say has not yet even started.

Sensors placed throughout downtown West Palm Beach could soon begin recording video of pedestrians, cyclists, drivers and pests. City officials say it'll help improve traffic and pest control, and they're planning a transparent rollout to address privacy concerns.