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April 21, not May 3. That’s the new date the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington predicts that Florida will reach its peak for the ...
SARASOTA –– Have you lost your job? Don’t know where to look? A collaborative effort between several organizations in Sarasota and Manatee counties is online to offer assistance to those ...
SARASOTA –– This will be a first for the Sarasota County School Board when they meet tomorrow afternoon. They won’t see each other, but they will hear one another as ...
Staff Report SARASOTA –– The city of Sarasota has extended its declaration of a local citywide public health emergency through at least April 10 following a weekly review, as required ...
Staff Report SARASOTA –– The City of Sarasota Parks & Recreation District is posting daily at-home crafts, health & wellness tips, contests and more on social media. Instead of doing ...
Staff Report SARASOTA –– Effective immediately, the following closures are in place for Sarasota County’s solid waste facilities:
- Closed: The Re-Uz-It Shop, 8750 Bee Ridge Road.
- Closed: All Household ...
SARASOTA –– Finally, some good news. As they work to determine the impact to county revenues from the cratering U.S. economy, Sarasota County officials learned late Thursday that its general ...
STAFF REPORT SARASOTA -–– Sarasota Memorial Hospital continues to administer tests for the COVID-19 coronavirus with nearly 700 tests being administered as of Thursday afternoon. From those tests, 50 were ...
SARASOTA –– With a lot of uncertainty over what’s essential and what’s not essential, Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight has a suggestion for local businesses. Taking to Twitter Thursday morning, ...
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits surged to 6.6 million people this week the U.S. Department of Labor reported Thursday, more than the expected 5 million figure reported earlier ...
STAFF REPORT – From a press release from Sarasota Memorial Hospital: As the COVID-19 health crisis continues to escalate rapidly and the disease becomes widespread, Sarasota Memorial Hospital is adapting ...
STAFF REPORT -- Trying to pinch pennies in this day and age? Trying to find reading material for your new-to-homeschooling kids, but local libraries are closed? Guess what? There are ...
SARASOTA –– With questions aplenty, two Sarasota County officials did a hastily called phone-in with area reporters Wednesday afternoon to respond to Gov. Ron DiSantis' executive order locking down the ...
SARASOTA –– With news breaking hourly about COVID-19 restrictions and no state-wide orders in place, county commissioners got a tool yesterday so they can visualize what is in place county ...
STAFF REPORT -- From Sarasota Memorial Hospital... As of March 31, Sarasota Memorial Hospital was caring for 26 inpatients who have tested positive for COVID-19. We have discharged 21 patients, ...
STAFF REPORT -- Today is Census Day, the day that determines who is counted in the 2020 Census and where they are counted. The U.S. Constitution mandates a census of the population every ...
STAFF REPORT -- With many people now out of work either temporarily or permanently due to COVID-19-related closures, scams relating to the tax relief bill are on the rise. The ...
SARASOTA -- From the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a 50-year-old Sarasota man Monday for Possession of Child Pornography. Detectives received a tip in November ...
SARASOTA –– After a weekend pause, the Sarasota County Department of Health resumed testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus Tuesday morning at Twin Lakes Park off Clark Road. The county, which ...
VENICE -- From the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a Venice convenience store clerk for stealing more than $13,000 worth of lottery scratch-off tickets. Deputies ...
SARASOTA –– Not to cause panic because it’s only a model, but models are what public health experts like Chuck Henry, the county’s director of health and human services rely ...
SARASOTA –– From the City of Sarasota The City of Sarasota on Monday announced that all time periods regarding the expiration of any valid and outstanding development permits previously issued by ...
ARCADIA –– The first death from the COVID-19 coronavirus in DeSoto County was reported by the Florida Department of Health Monday. The 11 a.m. update from the department also reported ...
SARASOTA –– Sarasota County residents may still come and go as they please even though they’re being urged to maintain social distancing and refrain from leaving their homes if possible ...
