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View MoreNWS warns St. Johns River tidal flooding could worsen
NWS Jacksonville warns tidal flooding could worsen this weekend as onshore winds strengthen ahead of the Oct. 26 full moon. Western St. Johns County is under a coastal flood advisory until 2 a.m. Saturday.
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View MoreFDOT schedules St. Johns County lane closures starting Oct. 19
The Florida Department of Transportation has scheduled lane closures on more than a dozen St. Johns County roads the week of Oct. 19-23, including nighttime work on State Road 16 near Race Track Road and daytime closures on U.S. 1 and County Road 312.
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View MoreGale warnings bring dangerous surf, flooding to St. Johns area
A cold front has triggered gale warnings through Monday evening across the Jacksonville area, bringing 30-to-40-mph coastal wind gusts, high rip current risk for all swimmers, and minor tidal flooding along the St. Johns River basin and Intracoastal Waterway.
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View MoreSt. Johns deputies make second palmetto berry harvesting arrest
St. Johns County deputies arrested a 37-year-old man on Oct. 2 for harvesting saw palmetto berries without a permit along U.S. 1, the second such felony arrest in seven days as illegal harvesting cases rise statewide.
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View MoreHurricane Isaias adds flood risk to saturated St. Johns County
Hurricane Isaias is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday, pushing additional tropical moisture over a St. Johns County already soaked by days of nor'easter rain. The National Weather Service has issued flood advisories for the St. Johns River basin and Atlantic Coast through Saturday, with elevated flood risk near Julington Creek and the Intracoastal Waterway.
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View MoreSt. Johns warns of additional rain, 35-mph gusts
St. Johns County Emergency Management warned Tuesday of 3 to 4 more inches of rain through Friday, wind gusts up to 35 mph and coastal waves reaching 8 feet as a nor'easter continues to batter the region.
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View MoreSt. Johns flood watch forecasts up to 10 inches
The National Weather Service Jacksonville issued a Flood Watch for St. Johns, Fruit Cove, Julington Creek, Switzerland and Durbin Crossing from noon Sunday, Oct. 4, through 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, with 4 to 7 inches of rain expected over five days and a nor'easter forecast to compound flooding risks by midweek.
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View MoreFlorida crash-reporting threshold jumps to $2,000 on Oct. 1
Starting Thursday, Oct. 1, Florida drivers won't need to report property-damage-only crashes below $2,000 to law enforcement, and violating a no-contact order while on pretrial release becomes a standalone criminal offense, among a dozen new state laws the St. Johns County Clerk's office highlighted for residents.
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View MoreVandals cause $2,000 damage at St. Johns youth soccer complex
Sporting JAX said vandals damaged more than $2,000 worth of field equipment Saturday night at Veterans Park off Race Track Road in St. Johns, and the organization is asking the public for help identifying those responsible.
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View MoreClay County opens widened CR 220 bridge ahead of schedule
Clay County's CR 220 bridge replacement and four-lane widening project opened to traffic Friday, Sept. 25, replacing a 1947 bridge over Little Black Creek and finishing more than three weeks ahead of its mid-October target.
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View MoreElkton man faces felony dog-fighting charge in St. Johns County
St. Johns County deputies arrested Jake Cameron Matthew, 34, on Sept. 17 and charged him with a felony animal-fighting offense after a weeks-long investigation at his Ninth Street home uncovered a dog shot five times, caged piglets, dead cats and social media posts allegedly tied to dog fighting.
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View MoreWild turkeys escort alligator off Elkton golf course fairway
A video from St. Johns Golf Club's Instagram shows a flock of wild turkeys trailing an alligator across the Hole 10 fairway in Elkton, a clip that spread across multiple news outlets.
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