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A nearly $4.1 million road project is set to begin this Spring for the West and William Powell Bridges — two of spans that link Key Biscayne to the mainland. Closures are expected to be limited to overnight hours on weekdays only, with both bridges being reduced to one lane in each direction.

NPR’s College Podcast Challenge, which spotlights some of the best student podcasts in the country, awarded 35 honorable mentions from roughly 200 entries. Among them: three standout podcasts from Miami Dade College students.

The five-year legal battle pitting Palm Beach County against one of its biggest cities, Palm Beach Gardens, is back on again. After a mediator announced in February that a settlement appeared close, Palm Beach County commissioners met in closed session March 10 to go over the terms.

While two new members declined, a third voted yes to form a majority to oust Rob Cole before he completed his first year on the job.

A man recently released from Alligator Alcatraz said conditions at the immigrant detention center are tortuous and inhumane, and a waste of taxpayer resources.

Authorities say Tiger Woods showed signs of impairment at the scene of a car crash in which he struck another vehicle and rolled his Land Rover. Woods was arrested on suspicion of DUI after the crash Friday.

The dramatic move is a culmination of the state’s years-long battle over sociology as a discipline, and mere months after the state controversially required professors to use a new textbook that was in large part edited by state officials.

With salaries and benefits consuming most of the city’s budget, a tangle of automatic and discretionary increases is quietly pushing costs higher year after year.

Organizers say more than 3,100 events, including more than two dozen in South Florida, from the Keys to Palm Beach County, have been registered in all 50 states, with more than 9 million people expected to participate.

The House Ethics Committee has found Democratic congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards.

Rather than sheer number, scientists looked at conch behavior to devise what they say is a more efficient way to protect disappearing herds of reproducing conch.

Lubby Navarro, who was arrested in 2024, is charged with organized fraud and grand theft. Prosecutors allege that she racked up roughly $100,000 on a district credit card for extravagant personal purchases — like vacations and shopping sprees — for herself and others.