Lake Okeechobee

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants discharges of polluted water out of Lake Okeechobee redirected elsewhere.Scott put the request in a letter he sent Wednesday…

State dollars will be needed to speed federal repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee, under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget....

Steve Messam describes his city, Belle Glade, as having two main exports: "Sugar," he said, "and wide receivers." Local lore has it that National...

Senate President Joe Negron wants water managers to expand their search for land to house a reservoir he has backed to help shift water south from Lake...

Lake Okeechobee’s receding water is offering a clearer view of Irma’s environmental impact. The water is down by about a foot since the hurricane but...

Satellite images this month show a harmful red tide algal bloom festering in the Gulf of Mexico-- mere miles away from the shorelines of Southwest...

One of state's most-powerful business groups is gearing up to fight a proposal at the Florida Constitution Revision Commission that the group argues...

The water level in Lake Okeechobee appears to have stabilized. Rainwater from Hurricane Irma has pushed the lake over an alarming 17 feet. It's risen...

The Florida Cabinet has approved a conservation easement in the Lake Okeechobee watershed.

Excess water from Hurricane Irma is still making its way through Florida, exacerbating the significant water management challenges the state's faced...