March 29, 2024

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| 6/18/2018

› Fort Lauderdale airport to close runway in 2019; flights will be cut
Travelers at Fort Lauderdale’s airport will have fewer flights to choose from next year as one of its two runways is shut down for five months. Airport director Mark Gale predicts the number of flights could drop by 20 percent to 25 percent when the north runway closes from June through October 2019.

› Strange brew? Tampa Bay group hopes to grow hops and medical marijuana in the same spot
Among topics that stir passionate interest, two that rank high are medical marijuana and craft beers. A group of Tampa Bay entrepreneurs has ambitious plans to profit from both. They are leasing a vast warehouse space in St. Petersburg where they hope to build Pinellas County’s first medical marijuana greenhouse.

› How 'perfect storm' of jellyfish stung 1,200 Florida beach-goers within days
Hundreds and hundreds of central Florida beach-goers enjoying the sun and surf last week were faced with a very unpleasant shock. About 1,200 beach-goers were stung by jellyfish just from Saturday to Wednesday in Volusia County, said Captain Tamra Malphurs, Public Information Officer for the Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue.

› Study: Florida obesity rate higher than thought at 37 percent
According to the study from the UF Health, Florida Hospital in Orlando and the Tampa-based nonprofit Obesity Action Coalition, the state’s obesity rate is 37.1 percent, 10 points higher than what the national Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System reported.

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