Santa Fe Flooding Its Banks
(Fort White, FL) -- The affects of Tropical Storm Fay are still lingering--just ask those along the banks of the Santa Fe River in the Fort White area. Suwannee Water Management District Hydrologist Megan Weathington says forecasters predict waters will continue getting higher. The good news, a previously issued a flood warning for the Suwannee River has been canceled.
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Florida Confidence Up
(Florida) -- Consumer Confidences in Florida rebounds after a record low in June. University of Florida researchers describe the gains made in August as huge with the UF Survey Research Center's Chris McCarty adding this may be a sign that housing prices in the Sunshine state are stabilizing. The bad news, researchers saying the turn around may not be in time for the Holiday season, when Florida traditional draws a high amount of tourist dollars.
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Election Results For North Florida
Key North Florida Races:
Third Circuit State Attorney
Skip Jarvis 42%
Todd Hingson 35%
Alex Prins 22%
Third Circuit Judge
Greg Parker 50.1%
Thomas Stone 27%
Chris Craun 22%
State Represenative District 10
Democrats
Leonard Bembry 57%
Julie Conley 42%
Republicans
Don Curtis 51%
Mike Williams 48%
Columbia County Superintendent of Schools
Mike Millikin 52%
Sam Markham 30%
Cesta Newman 17%
Suwannee County Superintendent of Schools
Democrats
Jerry Scarborough 51%
Charles Blalock 46%
(Winner Faces Republican David Laxton in General Election)
Columbia County Sheriff
Bill Goatee 42%
Mark Hunter 31%
Wayne Keen 18%
Keith Slanker 6%
(Goatee and Hunter Will Face Off in the General Election)
Lake City Mayor
Stephen Witt 55%
James Montgomery 44%
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