Each project is different, but one Polk County site offers a window into the challenging but rewarding process of restoring ...

The e-commerce behemoth has reshaped Polk County’s industrial and labor markets in the 11 years since its first Florida ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plans to establish "Alligator Alcatraz," an immigrant detention facility at a remote Everglades airstrip. The state is using emergency powers to seize the land from Miami ...

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

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

Polk County Property Appraiser Neil Combee raised concerns about the financial impact of Florida's Live Local Act on property tax revenues.

Polk County students improved their passing rates in 24 of 36 tested categories on the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) exams. While showing improvement in numerous categories, Polk ...

Polk County's population — estimated last year around 850,000 — is expected to top 900,000 in the next five years and one million in the next 15, according to medium-growth modeling by the University ...

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise, a unit of FDOT, resumed the project last May, launching an alternative corridor study for the 28-mile eastern segment known as Central Polk Parkway East.

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WUFT) — Their shoes slipping through yellow sand, Nancy Bissett and Steve Riefler followed an unpublished graduate thesis like a treasure map.

Residents tell Polk County Commission no Polk County delays vote on roosters, chicken coops and development issues over pending state bill 'We don't need more jobs': Polk commissioners debate property ...

Residents tell Polk County Commission no Polk County delays vote on roosters, chicken coops and development issues over pending state bill 'We don't need more jobs': Polk commissioners debate property ...