The Putnam County Board of Commissioners approved a tentative budget of $198 million and a tentative 9.4404 millage rate for the upcoming fiscal year.
By Ginger Danto
Special to the Daily News
Water use within the St. Johns River Water Management District, which includes Putnam County, rose from 2019 to 2020, the first increase in three years.
By Jason Dearen
Associated Press
Palatka lawyer and Mayor Terrill Hill responded to an Associated Press story detailing a plot by white supremacists, who had been or were at the time, employees of the state prison system to kill a
Plans remain for the Putnam County School District to start the new year with masks optional for all students and staff as the number of COVID-19 cases increase.
Federal drug charges were filed for 15 people involved in the sale of drugs following a July 17 raid on a Crescent City home.
Putnam County Chamber of Commerce officials said tourism revenue is back up since the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
Palatka’s mayor said City Hall would not close but employees are continuing to take precautions as the number of Putnam County’s coronavirus cases jumped by more than 360 in one week.