The Putnam County Commission declared a state of local emergency Monday for forest and brush fires due to the abnormally dry conditions currently affecting the county. As a result, a mandatory burn ...

A fast-moving wildfire near Interlachen over the weekend burned more than 300 acres, forced temporary evacuations and tested firefighting resources across Putnam County as dry, windy conditions ...

This was an adventure. My mind’s eye kept seeing the sorrow on the banks of this once-lush Florida river, drowned beneath the greed and shortsightedness of an ill-fated project, the Cross Florida ...

In a recent statement reported in the Palatka Daily News, County Commissioner Larry Harvey accused former commissioner Chip Laibl of being paid for his advocacy on the Kirkpatrick Dam issue. That a ...

Since the MaxPreps RPI era was here to stay in the 2021-22 season, only the Interlachen and Palatka junior-senior high school ...

A year marked by districtwide recognition has placed James A. Long Elementary School in the spotlight, highlighting the ...

J’hane Fountain had a career night for the Palatka Junior-Senior High School girls basketball team Tuesday night. The senior ...

Palatka, which will open its doors today to people who need to take shelter from the col ...

As temperatures are expected to be near or below freezing for the next seven days, local private residents and government ...

In Interlachen, David Yonts Sr. of the Interlachen Soup Kitchen Ministries and his board members are keeping a watch on the weather reports and are planning to open their facility as a cold-weather ...

Authorities apprehended an Interlachen man accused of sending threatening text messages to his foster mother in response to a ...

Parker (left) and his father, Lee, show off their fish they brought in winning the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Bass ...