Washoe County officials unveiled a new floodplain map for the Swan Lake area during a community meeting on Wednesday, revealing that 154 homes are now within the 100-year floodplain risk zone.

Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.

Sarasota County officials say an apparent staff cut at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development won't affect its ...

PLANT CITY, Fla. (WFLA) — Hundreds of flooded-out homeowners in Flood Zone “X” face denied insurance claims and financial ruin. Jeff Burnett lives on what he calls, one and a half acres of ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Two local lawmakers have proposed legislation to slow people down if they’re driving through flood waters in order to limit wakes in flood zones. Senator Nick ...

Steve Hyatt, who oversees the Resilient SRQ program for Sarasota County, said in an email to the Herald-Tribune that the accelerated timeline was a HUD initiative to quicken community aid. “ ...

Six Sarasota schools to install speed limit cameras in school zones in January Sarasota County Schools and SPD announced the School Speed Zone Safety Program as part of a partnership to bolster ...

This post was updated because a previous version contained incomplete information. Sarasota County commissioners have slammed the brakes on a plan to split the $28 million cost of a road widening ...

Sarasota County officials will hold a series of public meetings and conduct a survey for community input on the Resilient SRQ relaunch to find the best ways to spend hundreds of millions in ...

Sarasota County Libraries and Historical Resources has announced it's 2025 "One Book, One Community" selection: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Sarasota County's One Book program ...