Brewing system in Caribbean with tropical storm potential. Here's Polk County's forecast
A large, slowly-spinning system across the northern Caribbean and southern Gulf of Mexico could develop into something ...
Tropical Storm Gordon forms. Here's what the NHS is tracking, plus Polk County's forecast
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three systems in the Atlantic basin, including newly formed Tropical Storm Gordon.
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Polk County Manager Offers No Public Accountability For The Disaster That Has Become Polk County Fire Rescue Administration
By Carl Fish Hezedean Smith, who became Polk County Fire Rescue (PCFR) Chief in November 2022, resigned effective September 30, 2024. His resignation followed a critical report commissioned by the ...
Florida panther makes a home in Polk County
Researchers have been tracking endangered panthers using trail cameras and spreading awareness about how more can help save ...
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Contractors broke my condo's hurricane shutters. Who pays to install new ones?
Florida Condominium Act was updated in July changing the answer: They broke my hurricane shutters, who pays to install new ones?
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Polk County’s growing pains show what’s ahead for the rest of Florida
If you ever tire of the monotonous flatness of peninsular Florida, just drive through Polk County. The landscape there is dotted by massive mountains of phosphate waste, the result of companies mining ...
Polk County residents to see an increase in water and trash bills. Here’s when
Polk County customers are bracing for higher bills come October, when service rates are increasing for waste collection and water/wastewater.