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Vote could clear medical debt for 150,000 Orange County residents  

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County leaders are set to vote on a plan to buy up the medical debt of more than 150,000 people. 

 

Florida Today 

Neighbor, owner of shipping container man cave reach agreement  

A tentative agreement was reached between the county and a beachside home owner using shipping containers to build a “man cave” in his backyard. 

 

STORM RECOVERY  

Herald-Tribune  

FEMA now going door-to-door in Sarasota, Manatee areas hit by Debby  

Representatives of state and local agencies are working from a Multiple-Agency Resource Center at Sarasota Christian Church to help people whose homes were damaged by Tropical Storm Debby, which made landfall Aug. 5 as a Category 1 hurricane in north Florida. 

 

WCJB 

Columbia County Commissioners meet to discuss post-storm response  

LAKE CITY, Fla. (WCJB) – Columbia County Commissioners meet to discuss how flooding from Hurricane Debby is a present and future threat in Columbia County. 

 

Tampa Bay Times 

Tropical Storm Ernesto forms in Atlantic 

Ernesto poses no imminent threat to Florida but a host of tropical storm warnings have been issued for locations in the Caribbean.