The Jaguars and the city announced the name of the new multimillion-dollar sports complex under construction downtown.
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As the city ramps up with the return to curbside recycling, Action News Jax found one of its haulers has been erroneously closing out complaints about missed pickups. The city confirms Advanced Disposal, now owned by Waste Management, owes the city for all of those.
Action News Jax pulled the numbers and in the six months curbside was suspended, the landfill received 28,347 more tons of garbage than the same time last year.
While many are excited about the return to recycling, there are plenty who aren’t. They say it’s not because they don’t want or appreciate the service, but because they worry bringing it back will make their problems worse: more missed pickups.
World Diabetes Alert Day is this week and it comes as the lifesaving drug for many diabetics is a part of national debate. It all stems from the sky-high price of insulin.
One hundred miles upriver from the mouth of the St. Johns River is a piece of infrastructure that many don’t know about. It’s the Rodman Dam and is the center of a debate about environmental health, the community’s safety, and its economic impact.
Action News Jax was the first to tell you about the fast-paced problems plaguing our roadways: illegal street racing, shutdowns, and sideshows. Now we’re learning about a possible safe solution is in the works in Callahan.
Action News Jax found glaring holes in two of the city’s three contracts with its haulers. Those holes played a big part in the suspension of curbside recycling and the many missed pick-ups.
Haulers call this time of year ‘March Madness.’ For many that rem conjures three-pointers and rebounds, but for Bill Brinkley, the General Manager of Republic Services, it means a very busy season. “That’s when the azaleas start blooming,” he says, “and folks start working in their yards and tree limbs and bushes and clippings get put out on the curb, and yard waste collection skyrockets.”
At six years old, Michael has lost his mother, battled a learning and behavioral disability and been expelled from kindergarten at Clay Hill Elementary School.