A large wildfire in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve remained uncontained as of late Feb. 26. Smoke from the blaze temporarily closed a portion of I-75 known as Alligator Alley. Authorities ...

Thousands of pages of documents obtained by WPTV reveal Florida initially requested nearly $1.5 billion from FEMA — more than double the $608 million grant Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida ...

A section of Interstate 75, also known as Alligator Alley, is closed due to smoke from a brushfire. The closure affects the interstate between Exit 80 in Collier County and Exit 23 in Broward County.

A court filing also revealed the extensive limits on a potential reimbursement to the state, if it ever comes. The status of Florida's requested reimbursement from the federal government for Alligator ...

OCHOPEE, Fla. — “No American Aushwitz,” and “Free Them” were some of the signs that about a dozen protesters held on Monday outside Alligator Alcatraz, a Florida-run immigration detention center on ...

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — Jacob Sagrera unrolls an alligator skin and lays it flat on a metal table, brushing off flecks of salt. He holds it up to the light, looking for blemishes, and gives it a score.

OCHOPEE, Fla. — A large alligator was seen roaming outside of the immigration detention center in Collier County that bares its nickname, an ironic symbol for a controversial facility that’s tightly ...

The federal government is withholding a $608 million grant to help pay for Florida’s migrant lockups because a required environmental review still hasn’t been completed, newly released records show.

Aerial view of structures at the recently opened migrant detention center, “Alligator Alcatraz,” located at the site of the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Florida on Friday ...

LAND O’ LAKES, Fla. — A Pasco County woman and her dog are both OK after an alligator attacked them while on a walk. According to Wright, she was able to grab Dex by the collar and get him on land ...