I have a friend named Sandra Friend. She writes guidebooks about hiking in Florida. Not long ago, my friend named Friend contacted me about a different kind of hike: the hike in prices for using our ...

For Florida’s leaders, a few controversies stand as bright-line tests: There is a wrong side and a right side, with little gray in between. The fate of the Ocklawaha River, strangled for six decades ...

This recreation area near Ocala is home to a crystal-clear spring for swimming, a popular paddling trail, and a campground, ...

Many of Sunshine State’s best on the diamond from the high school and college are expected to be selected during Day two of ...

One of Ocala’s most unexpected attractions is the Silver Springs State Park, Florida’s oldest tourist attraction. Once a ...

It’s no surprise that Florida is a strange place. But some places in the Sunshine State are stranger than others.

These 13 towns offer budget-friendly living and Florida sunshine without breaking your Social Security check! Ocala sits in ...

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is aiming to pave an airstrip in the middle of Ocala National Forest and is facing ...

How much are houses selling for in your area? Check this list of deed transfers, $80,000 and greater, recorded May 19-25, ...

The Trump administration has overturned the Roadless Rule that protects more than 59 million acres of national forests, including in the San Bernardino National Forest, the Sequoia National Forest ...

Located in the Sierra National Forest about 90 miles northeast of Fresno along Kaiser Pass Road, Mono Hot Springs was first inhabited by Native Americans and sat along a major trading route. The ...

In recent days there was a 150-acre fire in the Ocala National Forest that led to a short-lived evacuation order for part of northeast Marion.