Jacksonville Beach, News4JAX and Closets By Design celebrated two local heroes Friday—CJ and Melvin—who were honored with the Positively JAX award for their exceptional dedication and kindness.

Several Flagler County Parks are closed until further notice because of flooding caused by Nicole.

Jacksonville’s garbage woes appear to be on a decline -- but there are still problems in some areas of town.

News4Jax compiled a county-by-county breakdown of how trash service is affected by holidays.

It appears that plans to build a controversial waste transfer station next to hundreds of homes along Greenland Chase Blvd. in Mandarin will not happen.

Flagler County officials have canceled Waste Pro services in the unincorporated areas for Wednesday due to anticipated high winds in the county from Tropical Storm Elsa. These services have been rescheduled for Saturday.

Dozens of neighbors from a Jacksonville suburb filled the chambers of City Hall Tuesday wearing all red. For the last few weeks, they have been fighting to get one of the city’s trash haulers to find another place to build a waste transfer facility.

There is a potential solution in the works for the thousands of missed trash complaints that have come to the city of Jacksonville for at least two years. But that potential solution has become a problem unto itself for hundreds of homeowners.