Florida has had a wealth of archaeological discoveries, from the giant ground sloth and mastodon in Daytona Beach to the many Native American artifacts found in our springs and state parks. A new ...

Nineteen different former Volusia County Council members wrote a letter denouncing the current Council’s failure to fund $611,000 in cultural arts grants for the 2025-26 Volusia County Budget.

The Athens Theatre is deeply saddened by the Volusia County Council’s decision to postpone all cultural grants this year — $611,000 in funding that supported 31 arts organizations across our county.

Editor, The Beacon: Transnational repression is happening right here in America: Would you believe that something happening on the other side of the world has a direct impact on our life in Florida?

Editor, The Beacon: In regard to the letter “We need more prayer, not less,” Ms. Psaki said that prayers were not enough. Mr. Newsom defended her remarks that prayers were not enough as the children ...

Editor, The Beacon: As a young man, I joined in with well over 250,000 Americans in the fall of 1969 to protest what we believed to be an unjust war in Vietnam. I felt like I stepped into Hieronymus ...

I’ve written this column four times already. Got about two paragraphs in and had to delete it. Each time, I decided that I was being too negative and not honoring the life of a great young man named ...

Editor, The Beacon: Transparency is a cornerstone of public trust in government. Recent developments regarding the information the Justice Department holds about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes underscore ...

The Lake Helen City Commission is weighing whether to keep its own Police Department or contract with the Volusia Sheriff’s Office, a change city staff say could save the city hundreds of thousands of ...

Volusia County Growth and Resource Management Director Clay Ervin is leaving. Ervin said he is retiring, effective Aug. 1. He has served in the position for almost a decade. The Growth and Resource ...

A celebration of the coming school year is set for the upcoming weekend in Deltona. The City of Deltona and the Volusia County Hispanic Association are sponsoring the giveaway of backpacks and other ...

The latest Lake Helen city administrator to join the ever-growing list of exes is Jim Gleason, who informed the City Commission this week that he plans to retire Sept. 30. That’ll make him the fourth ...