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Cooling Centers Activated on June 26 After Three Consecutive Days with a Heat Index of 108°F-112°F –  JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 26, 2024 – The City of Jacksonville unveiled its 2024 Cooling Center Contingency Plan, called “Stay […]

BALTIMORE, MD. – The Atlanta Voice earned six awards for journalistic excellence at this year’s National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Messenger Awards, which took place at the Four Seasons Baltimore. The annual awards took place on Thursday […]

  For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities throughout the country. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — […]

Thanks to a grant from the HCA Healthcare Foundation, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF) is set to enhance healthcare career opportunities for high school students across Duval County. The program is part of a […]

Rodeo fans sold out the third annual Jacksonville Invitational Black Rodeo held at the Jacksonville Equestrian Center on the Westside. The indoor Championship Arena was filled with thousands of spectators eager to celebrate Black cowboy […]

The “Put Your Trash In A Can, Not On Our Land” second annual weekend clean-up was supported by more than 150 volunteers who showed up and collected 226 Bags of trash, 100 tires and 17,000 […]

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 7, 2024 — After months of productive negotiations, the City of Jacksonville and International Association of Firefighters, Local 122 have reached and signed a three-year tentative collective bargaining agreement. The agreement includes the following: Salary […]