schools
A $1,558,622,009 budget and a rate of 6.264 mills, down eight thousandths of a mill from last year. The hearing is at 5:30 p.m. at 40 Orange Street, and public comment is item 9 on a nine-item agenda.
By Wren Calloway · September 10, 2026
Editorial Cartoon
A cartoon about the county's favorite word, and the traffic it keeps approving in spite of it.
By Marlo Vane · September 9, 2026
Rooftops
Two northwest-sector applications get their public participation meetings 30 minutes apart on the same Monday night. Here is what each notice actually says, and what it leaves out.
By Ivey Sutter Malone · September 8, 2026
The Ledger
Two cancellations, a disaster-debris procurement, two rezoning workshops on the same night, a closed attorney-client session, and a 5:01 p.m. budget hearing.
By The Ledger · September 8, 2026
Editor's note
A new paper for St. Johns County, from people who love it enough to read the fine print. And the one promise you should hold us to.
By Roy Alden Teague · September 8, 2026