As the Saharan sun rose on my waylaid team, one morning in September 2022, it seemed to burn with particular intensity. For nearly three weeks we’d been holed up in a mud-walled compound in the oasis ...

APOPKA, Fla. — Orange County is over a quarter of the way done converting 2,000 homes in Apopka from septic to the sewer system. It’s an effort to help protect Wekiwa Springs and the Wekiva River from ...