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To help keep road traffic moving during rush hour, the Southeast 17th Street bridge in Fort Lauderdale won’t open for boaters during peak weekday travel times. The bridge will remain closed at 7:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., except on federal holidays, Fort Lauderdale officials announced this week. U.S. vessels and tugs with tows may still pass through at any time when giving the proper signal. The new schedule took effect on a temporary basis and was made permanent on... Read More

Q: The city of Fort Lauderdale has decided to clear an 8-foot path from the wave wall to the dune. This is a major clearing of mature dunes with sea grapes and sea oats. This destruction is taking place from Sunrise Boulevard north to NE 18th St. Do you know what’s going on there? — Craig Krentsa, Fort Lauderdale A: Craig, it’s definitely jarring to see the sandy path Fort Lauderdale has cleared parallel to the beach between the concrete wall and the thick vegetation. But the city says... Read More

In a recent column, Shane Strum argues that closer alignment between Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare System is necessary to improve access. However, from a public health perspective, structural consolidation is unlikely to solve Broward’s challenges. Research shows that when large hospital systems coordinate or reduce competition, costs rise without meaningful improvements in quality or outcomes. In fact, higher costs untilately reduce access as patients delay, skip medications or... Read More

Today is Friday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2026. There are 314 days left in the year. Today in history: On Feb. 20, 1939, more than 20,000 people attended a rally held by the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization, at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Also on this date: In 1792, President George Washington signed an act creating the United States Post Office Department, the predecessor of the U.S. Postal Service. In 1862, William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President... Read More

By MARIA SHERMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Dane, the celebrated actor best known for his roles on “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” and who later in life became advocate for ALS awareness, died Thursday. He was 53. His representatives said Dane died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known also as Lou Gehrig’s disease, less than a year after he announced his diagnosis. “He spent his final days surrounded by dear friends, his devoted wife, and his two beautiful daughters, Billie and... Read More

By JACQUES BILLEAUD PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a takeover of health care operations in Arizona’s prisons and will appoint an official to run the system after years of complaints about poor medical and mental health care. The decision on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver came after her 2022 verdict that concluded Arizona had violated prisoners’ rights by providing inadequate care that led to suffering and preventable deaths. Silver wrote that the state... Read More

Across a span of four miles and in less than 15 minutes, a “violent and reckless chain of events” ended with a 74-year-old man being killed in a crash with a Broward Sheriff’s deputy who was in pursuit of another car, court records say. Ronald Wilson would have celebrated his 75th birthday on Sunday, according to a GoFundMe online fundraiser organized by his family. Three minutes before midnight Monday, Wilson was driving his silver Toyota Tacoma north on Northwest 31st Avenue in... Read More

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A flurry of rodent activity, including hundreds of droppings as well as rub marks along walls and ceilings, forced the state to temporarily shut two South Florida restaurants last week. However, these were among six restaurants and one food truck in Broward and Palm Beach counties that made the emergency closure list, with issues ranging from roaches crawling around kitchens to employees not washing their hands (one after rubbing/smashing a dead roach with their fingers). The South Florida... Read More

South Florida is in for a dry hot spring this year, says the National Weather Service. Their latest predictions say temperatures are likely to be above normal, and rain levels are likely to be below normal through April. The region is currently experiencing the worst drought in 25 years, which came on the heels of a dry 2025. Forecasters said the parched conditions will continue through the spring. “It’s gonna be slow to get rid of this drought,” said AccuWeather meteorologist and... Read More