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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, left, and Gov. Ron DeSantis are all smiles after the city received a $5.5 million grant to build a 3-mile rail spur to the Cecil Commerce Center on the Westside on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.

DeSantis awards grant for rail improvements on Westside

Gov. Ron DeSantis was at Cecil Airport on Tuesday to award a $5.5 million grant from the Governor’s Job Growth Grant Fund. DeSantis said the improved access to CSX-owned tracks could lure manufacturers to Jacksonville.

State Road A1A in downtown St. Augustine flooded during Tropical Storm Ian.

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Downtown St. Augustine under water as Ian blows through

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Water breached the sea wall and rushed into the historic city, flooding State Road A1A near the Bridge of Lions and pushing inland toward North Ponce De Leon Boulevard.

Scores of people from all parts of Jacksonville met at a landscaping company to fill and deliver sandbags for residents along Ken Knight Drive ahead of Hurricane Ian on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. The Ribault River flooded Ken Knight Drive five years ago during Hurricane Irma.

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In Northwest Jacksonville: A show of community before the storm

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More than 50 volunteers filled sandbags and delivered them to residents on Ken Knight Drive — an area inundated during Hurricane Irma — to protect the neighborhood from Hurricane Ian.

Duval County Supervisor of Elections Milke Hogan, left, expresses his appreciation for the Jacksonville Jaguars with the team's Vice President of Social Responsibility and Impact T-Neisha Tate. As part of the Jaguars' Get In The Game campaign, the team is working with the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office to activate voters and increase its roster of poll workers. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

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Duval Elections supervisor hopes Jaguars partnership will spur voter turnout

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More than 300 poll workers filed into TIAA Bank Field on Thursday in preparation for November’s midterm election.

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JEA resumes disconnections, but a slight break on bills may be coming

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By midday Wednesday, 1,280 customers had been disconnected or faced disconnection by the end of the day.

Diana Donovan, left, executive director of the Greater Jacksonville Cultural Council, speaks with Fanny Curtat, art historian for "Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience" during a preview of the exhibition at the Immersive Art Space on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.

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A discussion with the historian behind the Van Gogh exhibit

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Fanny Curtat describes "Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience" as a journey inside the artist's work. The exhibit opens today in Jacksonville.

JEA representatives meet with a man attending the JSEB Procurement Summit this week.

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Public sector reaches out to minority and women-owned businesses

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Nearly 90 businesses attended JEA’s JSEB Procurement Summit this week. The goal was to introduce public agencies to small and emerging companies.

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Public wants better Jaguars stadium, but not with taxpayer money

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A University of North Florida poll found that 49% of voters strongly oppose spending $375 million to install a roof on TIAA Bank Field. Eighty percent oppose splitting the cost of a new stadium with the Jaguars.

Desiree Jones, CEO of Step By Step Community Behavioral Health, was one of the licensed mental health counselors who participated in a youth wellness event Friday to promote the new 988 number for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.

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New 988 suicide hotline may help save Black teens in Jacksonville

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Racial and ethnic minority groups are most likely to live in impoverished areas, where homicide and suicide rates are highest. Mental health leaders hope the 988 phone number will be so easy to remember that they'll get help before it's too late.