According to the Federal Trade Commission, residents should be aware of scammers calling or texting to solicit money or personal information by claiming that an Amazon account has suspicious charges. 

Amazon will never call but will email customers about an issue with an account or order. If you receive one of these calls, hang up and use your existing Amazon account to reach customer service.

Volunteers play an essential role when disasters hit, especially in conjunction with the county’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Participants receive training in fire safety, light search and rescue and disaster medical operations.

The county has partnered with Palm Beach State College to train residents to provide critical support to first responders, immediate assistance to victims and organize volunteers at disaster sites.

For more information on how to volunteer to become part of a CERT team, call (561) 712-6400. 

Congratulations to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue for attaining the most elite rating of a Class 1 Fire Department based on the department's ability to respond to and prevent fires. 

Only .01% of our nation's fire departments have received this honor from nearly 40,000 agencies that underwent the rigorous testing.

A lot of hard work went into receiving this distinction. Kudos to all our firefighters for providing superior fire and life safety protection to our community.  

Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) is pleased to welcome back Frontier's nonstop service to Denver, Colorado starting November 6.

PBI serves more than 6.7 million passengers annually and offers 200 nonstop flights daily with 13 airlines!

Brightline's Boca Raton station is expected to open in December!

The station, located on a 1.8-acre site across from Mizner Park and adjacent to the downtown library, will connect travelers to Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. 

By 2025, approximately 1.8 million visitors are projected to use Brightline to visit Boca Raton and contribute up to $11 million annually in local spending.

The annual Countdown 2 Zero Mega Pet Adoption Event will be held from Sept. 24 through Oct. 1.

Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control and Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League will have animals ready for adoption from over 15 local rescues.

Many rescue groups will offer special discounts and adoption incentives, including vaccinations and rabies license tags for pets in Palm Beach County.

The Countdown 2 Zero Adoption Event is a collaborative effort of over 20 local animal rescue organizations to save the lives of animals in Palm Beach County. The past eight C2Z adoption events found nearly 2,300 animals their forever homes.

Providing habitat for approximately two million hatchings each year, Palm Beach County beaches are home to more sea turtle nests per mile than anywhere else in the United States.

Only about one in every 1,000 hatchlings survive, with higher fatalities on popular beaches where the chance of nest disruption is greater.

It is imperative to keep our shores clear of trash and potential hindrances. When you leave the beach, remove recreational beach equipment, fill in holes, clean up your trash and dismantle sandcastles. 

Sea turtle nesting and hatching season runs from March 1 until October 31.  

Looking for the best source to discover the heartbeat of a community? Tune in to my podcast, Palm Beach County Perspective, providing all the latest news, current events, the lowdown on what's happening and a bit of history of one of the most beautiful corners of America.

Join us each episode for spirited conversation, strong opinions, special guests and most importantly, a fresh and unique perspective.

The Unicorn Children's Foundation, a nonprofit based in Boca Raton and founded in 1994, is dedicated to creating career pathways for kids and young adults with developmental differences through education, advocacy and research programs.

Unicorn offers numerous programs including in-person and virtual learning, family navigation programs, transition-to-adulthood programs, collective impact programs and special projects all aimed at advancing the mission of the foundation to better the lives of individuals with developmental differences. 

Sign up for emergency messaging via phone, text, email.

Hurricane Evacuation Zone Look-up tool. 

To report damage, download the app at link below.

Henry Flagler started his nearly single-handed transformation of the east coast of Florida in St. Augustine in 1885, and he saved his most ambitious project for last.

In 1905, he started the 100-mile expansion of the Florida East Coast Railroad that ran from Miami to Key West where he planned to build one last hotel: the Casa Marina that opened in 1920. 

Flagler lived to see his railroad arrive in Key West on Jan. 12, 1912, but he died in Palm Beach in 1913; his body was buried in St. Augustine.

The successful completion of the Key West Extension added to Flagler's legacy, and the name Henry M. Flagler is one of the most significant names in the history of Florida.

The Overseas Railroad was built through the Florida Keys to Key West between 1905 and 1912.