Flagler County Florida Resources

Florida lawmaker seeks to keep FAA facility out of KC
Pity Flagler County, Fla. The county bordering the Atlantic about 75 miles south of Jacksonville has Florida’s highest unemployment rate at 13.9 percent, vs. 7.3 percent in the Kansas City area. Now Kansas City wants to grab one of its prime economic assets, the Federal Aviation Administration’s Management Training and Conference Center.

Flagler officials post engineering position
Hiring a project engineer, giving raises to existing employees, and boosting pension levels for three county department heads was too much for Flagler County commissioners to tackle Monday so they opted to table the matters until a workshop can be arranged.

Flagler's railroad celebrates centennial with lecture Wednesday
Henry Flagler's historic engineering feat, the Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad, is celebrating its centennial.

Flagler schools fair to middling in state rankings
Most Flagler County schools placed near the middle of a new set of school rankings that rate the performance of all Florida public schools.

Flagler sheriff takes issue with phone records
Flagler County Sheriff Don Fleming wrote Wednesday that he had two phone conversations with his friend School Board member John Fischer on Nov. 11, the day after Fischer's wife struck a woman walking in Palm Coast who later died of her injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Final vote nears on Flagler school dress policy
Flagler County parents can start scouring store racks for collared shirts and school-appropriate jeans, slacks and skirts.

Henry Flagler, his town, and the fire
Few Floridians left as indelible a mark on the peninsula as Henry M. Flagler. The rail, oil and real estate barontowered over Palm Beach County and has also been called the father of Miami. In 1912, he completed the Overseas Railroad linking Key West to the mainland, its first train rolling into Key West on Jan. 22.Although the railroad was torn to pieces by 1935's Storm of the Century and never ...

Fire threat on the rise in Flagler County
As wildfire season approaches, officials in Flagler and St. Johns counties are urging residents to be cautious when burning leaves and other materials. The fire threat in Flagler County is increasing as the area's dry season is at its peak.

Volusia, Flagler coasts fare better in foreclosures
Bolstered by the ocean next door and more affluent, long-term homeowners, coastal areas in Volusia and Flagler counties have fared much better in the foreclosure crisis than inland cities, new ZIP code-specific data shows.