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More than 5,000 acres continue to burn in the Highway 82 Fire in Brantley County, with at least 87 homes lost, and the Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that a curfew will be in place from 8:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. in the affected area.

Firefighters continue to battle a wildfire burning along the southern Clay County and northern Putnam County line, with the fire now 65% contained and spanning 4,413 acres, according to Clay County Fire Rescue.

Two U.S. soldiers are recovering after a bear attacked them during a training exercise near a military installation in Anchorage, Alaska. For one St. Augustine family, the news is ripping open a wound that never fully healed.

High pressure will be overhead today, which means it will be dry once again with highs in the 70s and 80s. We will see a partly to mostly cloudy sky and no rain which is bad news with the drought. Exercise extreme caution if you are outdoors and make sure to follow any burn ban in place as the fire weather threat is high due to the dry ground, low humidity and the breeze.

A Jacksonville high school band has earned a rare invitation to perform on a national stage, but they need the community’s help to make the trip a reality.

Hundreds of Brantley County residents are still waiting for the all-clear to return home as wildfires continue to grow past 7,500 acres, destroying 87 homes in the process.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue said firefighters responded to house fire Friday afternoon in World Golf Village, quickly containing the blaze and confirming everyone got out safely.

More than 5,000 acres continue to burn in the Highway 82 Fire in Brantley County, with at least 87 homes lost, and the Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that a curfew will be in place from 8:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. in the affected area.

Families in Brantley County are being forced from their homes again, as a wildfire continues to push toward neighborhoods along Old Post Road and Hunter Estates.

A Brantley County church is feeding and supplying families displaced by one of the largest wildfires in Georgia's history — and church leaders say baby items are urgently needed.

With no end in sight to the ongoing Brantley County wildfire that has scorched nearly 8,000 acres, neighbors in the Hawks Landing community took matters into their own hands Thursday afternoon, spraying down their rooftops and yards to guard against falling ash from the nearby fire.

Mandarin High graduate Carson Beck is headed to the Arizona Cardinals as the first pick of the third round and Trinity Christian Austin Barber went later to the Cleveland Browns on a solid night for locals in the NFL draft.

On this episode of Voices of the 904, Wade Lee Richards shares how a season of grief led him to find healing through plants—transforming his life and career. Now the lead gardener at the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, he uses gardening to foster community, promote wellness, and inspire growth through life’s challenges.

Clayton Pritchard, a Jacksonville-based product marketer with experience at Meta, LinkedIn and Twitter, joins This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition to explain his acquisition of a B2B product marketing agency (Olivine) and why he’s choosing to run it remote-first from Jacksonville Beach.

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The Supreme Court’s term is packed — birthright citizenship, presidential removals, voting rules, transgender sports and more. Constitutional law expert Rod Sullivan joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on this week’s episode of Politics & Power to discuss what’s at stake and why it matters to you.