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Daytona State College & satellite campuses will be open Monday
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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona State College officials are actively monitoring Tropical Storm Isaias and are in communication with county and state emergency management teams.
With that said and based ased on current information, all Daytona State College campuses will re-open Monday.
Volusia County closes shelters, Votran suspends operations in preparation for Tropical Storm Isaias as it continues moving up the Florida coastline
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Headline Surfer photo illustration / Screenshot from Volusia County beach cam on Dunlawton Avenue ramp shows a nearly empty beach save for a few walkers in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaias’ arrival off the Central Florida coastline overnight tonight with rain and winds gusting between 65-75 mph.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
Volusia’s County’s Votran transportation system temporarily suspended service at 3 p.m. today to prepare for Tropical Storm Isaias’ continued movement up the Florida coast.
Tropical Storm Isaias to reach Florida tonight: Volusia County calls for 'voluntary evacuation' of beachside & mobile home areas 8 a.m. Sunday
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Headline Surfer video / 5:15 p.m. Saturday Volusia Couny storm update.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A voluntary ecacuation order will be issued 8 a,m. Sunday for beachside residents and those living in mobile homes near the coast, Volusia County officials said.
Daytona Beach's Norma Bland, a community activist, has succumbed to the coronavirus at 71
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Mark E. Lewis, pehaps said it best Friday of the passing of Norma Bland at 71: "My family lost a member today, but this community lost much more."
Orlando Magic's Jonathan Issacs lone player at NBA Bubble not to kneel or wear a Black Lives Matter T-shirt during National Anthem, but later explained he supports the movement
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]By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- With a pre-recorded version of the national anthem are being playing, Jonathan Issac Isaac became the first NBA player not to kneel and also not to wear a Black Lives Matter T-shirt overr his uniform top before he and his Orlando Magic teammates played the Brooklyn Nets.
Volusia County preparing for Hurricane Isaias
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DAYTONA EACH, Fla. -- Volusia County is making final preparations for this weekend’s anticipated arrival of Hurricane Isaias, securing the beach, activating a storm information telephone line and making sand and bags available to the public.
So much for Webster Barnaby's attack mailers against Erika Benfield: He finishes last in West Volusia chamber straw poll
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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
DELTONA, Fla. -- So much for Webster Barnaby's attack mailers against fellow candidate Erika Benfield in the the three-way Aug. 18 GOP primary race for State Rep. 27.
Barnaby finished dead last in a straw poll vote held online Wednesday by the West Volusia Chamber of Commerce. Benfield was first with 63 votes, Zenaida Denizac was second with 43 votes, and Barnaby was third with 37 votes. The GOP primary winner faces Democrat candidate Delores Guzman who garnered 15 votes.
Volusia County Beach Safety: "All port-o-lets and most waste receptacles removed in anticipation of Hurricane Isaias this weekend
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- IIn preparation for the inclement weekend weather due to approaching Hurricane Isaias this weekend with a hurricane watch now in effect, Volusia County’s Beach Safety and Coastal divisions are securing all assets on the beaches.
Volusia Beach Safety: Sanford woman, 22, bitten on foot by shark in New Smyrna surf; treated on scene
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- A little after 5 o'clock this evening a 22 year old womanm from Sanford, FL was on her surfboard in chest deep water when she was bitten on the foot by a shark in the 4600 block South.
