"Living in the Promised Land" on Christmas Day, a profile of Willie Nelson, who's still writing songs, still recording, still performing, still smoking weed.

Flagler County Senior Services Department, in partnership with Home Instead, expresses gratitude to residents for their generosity in providing for more than 150 donations through the Be a Santa for a Senior program.

Its first modules were launched in 1998. The first crew to live on the International Space Station – an American and two Russians – entered it in 2000. Nov. 2, 2025, marks 25 years of continuous habitation by at least two people, and as many as 13 at one time. It is a singular example of international cooperation that has stood the test of time.

The U.S. Department of Justice has instructed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to stop providing any abortion care or abortion counseling, even in cases of rape or incest, reversing a 2022 policy meant to preserve access for members of the military no matter where they might be deployed.

Republican attorneys general from 21 states are trying to help sway a federal appeals court to uphold a 2023 Florida law that led to books being removed from school libraries.

Joshua Seth Hawkins of Palm Coast was arrested Tuesday for sexual battery and molestation of a child in his custody. The victim reported a mid-December assault in a bathroom, supported by a forensic interview and recovered evidence, including items purchased from Amazon. He blames the alleged victim for initiating contact.

WKCR's universally accessible BachFest 2025 kicks off at midnight, a cool nigh in Palm Coast for Fantasy Lights, and "Together For Palestine," the fundraising lullaby by Peter Gabriel and Mahmoud Darwish for the people of Gaza.

Over three decades, the U.S. population soared by 28% and the economy more than doubled. Yet U.S. emissions from many of the activities that produce greenhouse gases – transportation, industry, agriculture, heating and cooling of buildings – have remained about the same over the past 30 years. Transportation is a bit up; industry a bit down. And electricity, once the nation’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, has seen its emissions drop significantly.

Palm Coast government has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Palm Coast Holdings regarding Town Center utility guarantees. The developer claims the city breached its contract by failing to guarantee water and sewer capacity, resulting in lost land sales. The city argues that development orders are conditional regulatory approvals, not absolute contracts. The city says no breach occurred because no permits were actually denied, characterizing the developer's claims as speculative.

Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry, one last session in felony court, a Scarlet Letter time warp reaction to Mike Chitwood's latest performative excess, why being poor is not a matter of personal responsibility.

The holidays, while a magical time, can also be stressful. Society places an expectation on parents to buy gifts, regardless of their financial circumstances, and children themselves often feel a variety of complex emotions. How children react to getting presents is partially linked to temperament, which is the variety of ways that children experience, perceive and interact with the world. Temperament is the precursor to personality – some people are introverts, while others are extroverts. Temperament is partially heritable.

Leek’s bill, which is filed for the legislative session that will start Jan. 13, addresses a variety of issues, such as establishing a “right” for parents to control children’s interactions with artificial intelligence; saying people have a right to know when they’re communicating with a human or an AI system; and setting rules about the unauthorized use of people’s names, images or likenesses. The measure also says people have a right to know whether political advertisements were created in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence.

A man allegedly shot himself in a car while his girlfriend was driving, and she pulled into the driveway of the Elks Lodge to wait for paramedics. He blamed her. She described self-harm.

After eighteen months of financial instability and bankruptcy, the staff at Marineland Dolphin Adventure received a festive surprise of over $4,600 in gift cards and cash. Organized by Flagler County Tourism Director Amy Lukasik and Flagler Broadcasting's Kirk Keller, the fundraiser supported three dozen employees who, before the company was acquired on Dec. 1 by a nonprofit, faced missed paychecks and layoffs. Now under new leadership, the historic attraction is transitioning to a community-supported model.

The Town of Marineland faces potential dissolution as its primary revenue source, Marineland Dolphin Adventure, transitions to non-profit status, removing $44,000 from the tax rolls. With private land potentially moving into conservation and a restrictive marina contract, officials are struggling to find sustainable funding. But they are looking to renegotiate the marina lease to increase revenue. If the budget gap cannot be closed, Marineland may follow the path of Hastings, which dissolved into St. Johns County in 2018, and dissolve into Flagler County.

Bunnell considers adopting a resolution opting the city out of the property tax exemption afforded rental properties under the Live Local Act, Clay Jones takes stock of Donald Trump's cultish takeover of anything with his name on it.

In 2025, there have been 230 school shooting incidents in the U.S. – still a staggeringly high number. Schools are treated as the front line, because the larger, structural solutions are too difficult to confront. It is much easier to blame schools after a tragedy than to actually address firearm access, grievance pathways – meaning how a person becomes a school shooter – and the other societal problems that are creating these tragedies.

Here's the holiday schedule for Palm Coast and Flagler County government services, including courts, garbage pick-up, library hours, and public transportation.

Right-wingers’ obsession with what they see as secular assaults on Jesus and the fiesta of capitalism with which we mark his birth are no longer confined to December. The craziness has metastasized, blown past December into the rest of the year, expanding faster than plans for the White House ballroom. It’s not just for Christmas anymore: According to MAGA politicians and their hangers-on, there’s now a full-blown War on Christians, writes Diane Roberts.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, ‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine, remembering the Swingle Singers from John Updike's adulterous post-coital bliss to Beirut to a department store.

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, ‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre, should the 12 million people who visit Notre Dame be charged, a few words from Louis-Ferdinand Celine.

In September 2025, Florida announced its plan to end vaccine mandates for hepatitis B, chickenpox and bacterial meningitis, with seven additional diseases expected to follow. When four states between 2015 and 2021 stopped allowing parents to opt their children out of receiving routine vaccines without a medical reason, vaccination rates among kindergartners increased substantially, improving public health.

A recently released report from the Bicycle Accident Lawyers group concluded that Florida remains the most dangerous state in the nation for bicyclists, looking at combined 2022 and 2023 data. And there were another 207 bicycle fatalities in 2024, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

Motorists would no longer have to peel and place yellow vehicle registration stickers on their license plates, under a measure filed Friday for the 2026 regular session that begins Jan. 13. The proposal (HB 841 and SB 982) would still require individuals to follow registration and renewal rules.

Gamble Jam, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County meeting, ‘Annie,’ at Limelight Theatre, when shaving and bathing on Sunday became a matter for court.