Jan 31, 2025 · Editor, The Beacon: Having survived polio and losing a sister to the disease, Robert Kennedy Jr. is not my choice to run Health and Human...

2 days ago · The West Volusia Beacon newspaper was founded in 1992 by three DeLand-area residents who wanted to assure that the communities of DeLand, Lake Helen, Orange City, DeBary, Deltona, Pierson, DeLeon Springs and Seville would have a locally owned newspaper.

Dec 9, 2024 · Barb and her husband, Jeff, were both born in Kokomo, Indiana, a factory town surrounded by cornfields about 50 miles north of Indianapolis. In 1979, they set out on a road trip that would define their lives, and would end with their taking up residence in DeLand.

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Dec 30, 2024 · Blake and Darbey Sprout live with their two children and two dogs in northeast Orange City, near the numbered streets. Around 12:15 a.m. on Dec. 20, Blake let out their two dogs, Karen, a Pomski (Pomeranian/Husky mix) and Mitch (a Dachshund mutt) into their unfenced front yard to do their last doggy business of the night.

2 days ago · The West Volusia Beacon 110 W. New York Ave. DeLand, FL 32720 (386) 734 - 4622

Jan 1, 2025 · The Dec. 23 announcement from the Defense Department notes the latest work order is “in support of annual training, peacetime operations and testing expenditures, as well as to maintain sufficient inventory to support the execution of major combat operations based on naval munitions requirements process.”

Jan 7, 2025 · As 2025’s first light broke through the trees in DeLeon Springs State Park, an air of exhilaration mingled with the morning breeze. The weather was a brisk 60 degrees. It set the perfect stage for the third annual DeLeon Dunk, hosted by the Friends of DeLeon Springs. Participants gathered to ...

Oct 10, 2024 · One death was due to “possibly” a heart attack while boarding up their residence, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said. Another was “a cardiac arrest that first responders could get not get there in time during the height of the storm,” Chitwood said at a 4 p.m. press conference today, Oct. 10.

Dec 19, 2024 · In the wake of the Republican sweep in the 2024 election, Volusia County’s Republicans are under new management, while a Deltona woman’s lawsuit against the immediate past chair for alleged discrimination gains ground.