Jefferson County's new county manager is proposing a $30.9 million budget for FY 2027. It includes a tax rate above rollback, a fire assessment increase, employee raises and capital investments.

Florida State Representative Allison Tant says months of water, soil, and air testing found no contamination linked to Trulieve's cultivation facility in Waukeenah.

Cassie Griesheimer, the former director of Jefferson County Animal Control, said in her resignation letter that she could no longer continue in what she described as an unhealthy work environment.

After Shannon Metty's resignation, Jefferson County's new county manager Douglas Baber is ready to tackle county operations, starting with a budget vote early next month.

Jefferson County commissioners will have the final say on a proposed Love's Travel Stop near I-10. The planning commission recommended denial, but supporters say it could bring 90 jobs to the area.

Churches, nonprofits and community partners are working together to fight food insecurity in Jefferson County.

Jefferson County was created one year after Thomas Jefferson died. Territorial leaders chose the name to honor the nation's third president and principal author of the Declaration of Independence.

A longtime resident says she found high levels of nitrogen and erosion in the water near her Waukeenah property. She believes the Trulieve facility in that area is causing the pollution.