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BY JOE BALOG This month brings a unique opportunity in the West Volusia outdoors. It gives eco-minded citizens a chance to help the St. Johns River, potentially changing the management […] ...
BY ROBIN MIMNA Tensions ran high during the April 10 Lake Helen City Commission meeting as City Administrator Jim Gleason ...
The recent period of mostly rainless days, combined with low humidity and brisk winds, have prompted authorities in Volusia ...
BY SARA WARD A 16-month-long investigation culminated in a pair of owners of a local shop being arrested on felony charges for purchase or sale of human organs or tissue.  […] ...
BY ZOEY RITCHIE  During its meeting April 1, the Volusia County Council approved a funding package totaling $1,323,174 for ...
As it implements a state law that restricts local regulation of medical-marijuana dispensaries, the Deltona City Commission is taking steps to prevent such businesses from coming into the city.  “I ...
A Deltona senior is one of the latest of what Tom Brokaw called the Greatest Generation to reach the century mark. Joseph Novak, a native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and a […] ...
Many thanks to The Beacon for promptly correcting the initial social-media headline that inaccurately suggested the Museum of Art – DeLand is being sold. To clarify: The […] ...
Florida is under siege — not from hurricanes or natural disasters, but from scammers and fraudsters who are robbing our citizens out of their hard-earned money, $866 million in 2024 […] ...
So let’s see. The would-be-king fires four-star Gen. Charles Q. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, because he is Black … and only because he […] ...
The question headlining the column here is a follow-up to the last edition’s recollection of Paul Harvey and his famous 1965 radio essay titled “If I Were the Devil.” In […] ...