Photo credits: (A to C), Shedd Aquarium/S. Matsuda; (D and E), O. Williamson; (F) D. E. Williams
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Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on earth, providing habitat and sustenance for around one-third of underwater wildlife. As part of an upcoming documentary in September, Executive Producer of Content Pam James provides this latest dispatch from Kimberly’s Reef.
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A stationary front and deep moisture in the atmosphere will bring several days of heavy showers and thunderstorms, keeping the threat of flash floods across the northern half of Florida this week.
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Two familiar family names in Glades County are facing off for the D-1 School Board seat. The families of Angie Woodward Hough and Anita Thielan Sauls go back generations in Glades County.
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