In lush South Florida, trees and bushes grow all year round. And that means yard waste and dead trees never stop piling up.

In lush South Florida, trees and bushes grow all year round. And that means yard waste and dead trees never stop piling up.

Okeechobee County implements a county-wide burn ban due to escalating fire risks from current drought conditions, officials ...

Violators of this ban will be subject to fines, according to the Alma-Bacon County Fire Department.

A burn ban is in effect in Putnam County after a 300-acre brush fire threatened homes over the weekend. Local fire officials ...

Garbage disposal in Paloncha has once again hit a roadblock as Yerragunta residents oppose dumping in their area. Protests ...

The Alachua County fire chief, Harold Theus, issued the burn ban until Feb. 6, after four brush fires broke out Friday.

Much of North Central Florida is under extreme drought.

Your backyard might feel like your own private kingdom, but when it comes to what you can bury beneath the soil, the law has ...

The CVRD board is considering starting to make people pay a minimum of $5 per load on April 1. It’s being sold as a cost-saving measure.

Tobias Koehler, director of the McBryde and Allerton gardens, said their priority is protecting loulu palm. The roughly 700-tree collection comprises all but one of the 27 loulu species found on Earth ...

The county is trying to work within its current contracts to make residents happier with the garbage collection.