Polk County ... Polk County. Also, Winter Haven is among the cities issuing their own burn ban. Citrus, Hernando, and Pasco counties also are under a burn restriction from the Florida Forest ...

Construction of “congestion relief lanes” on Interstate 4 in Polk County has finished ahead of schedule, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday. The project, adding one lane in each ...

The Keetch-Byram Drought Index, used by the Florida Forest Service, shows Polk County significantly above the wildfire risk benchmark. (This story was revised to add new information.) Because of a ...

The director of the cooperative said getting the $10 million grant reduces the member cities' costs, which "reduces the amount the taxpayers will have to pay." ...