Unless another tropical storm visits Highlands County, City Pier Beach may remain closed for the rest of the summer. ...more

September 13, 2008

VENICE - Beaches near the Venice Fishing Pier remain under a health advisory entering the Fourth of July holiday weekend, even though tests indicate the water quality appears to be improving. ...more

July 3, 2008

SEBRING — When Bobby Clark, 23, drowned at 3 p.m. Saturday, he stepped from shallow water into a 12-foot deep dredge hole, diver Preston Colby told city, county and state officials in a meeting Tuesday morning at city hall. Fire Chief Brad Batz, who was asked to investigate the Lake Jackson incident, said the hole used to be in a no-swim zone several hundred feet from City Pier Beach. The lake has lost so much water from two years of drought, however, the hole is now a few dozen feet from the beach. The hole was probably dredged in the 1960s to fill a park area behind the Civic Center park, City Manager Bob Hoffman said. "I think it's a man-made hole." Batz said Clark knew the hole existed. ...more

June 10, 2008

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is recommending denial of one of three permits for the city's multimillion-dollar dredging project. ...more

October 31, 2007