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‘More ready than ever before’: FEMA says COVID-19 prepared it for hurricane season

June 11, 2020 at 6:02 p.m.

MIAMI — After months of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic across the nation, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says it has never been more ready for hurricane season. "Ninety days...

Taxing legal pot could be good for states, but study says there’s little data to show it

August 20, 2019 at 1:49 p.m.

The push to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida is alive and well. A petition to put legal weed on the ballot in 2020 has triggered a Supreme Court review, a...

A group of Michigan City students listen to a presentation recently by Dave Benjamin and Bob Pratt, of Great Lakes Surf Rescue, at Washington Park in Michigan City.

Lake Michigan brings both beauty and danger to summer season

May 13, 2019 at 4:02 a.m.

Dave Benjamin and his partner, Bob Pratt, pace barefoot along a Michigan City beach on a muggy day in early May. They've been tasked with imparting lessons of water safety...

The Valparaiso farmers market got in the city's downtown area in 2015 file photo.

Markets, weekly events keep communities buzzing

June 4, 2018 at 5:02 p.m.

In a digital age where "communities" can be defined by any group of like-minded people, local municipalities are working to remind residents of Northwest Indiana that each week there's a...

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