Port St. Lucie News
The latest Port St. Lucie news: city council, schools, police and fire, development and business, each story linked to the record it came from.
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Morning Notes for Nov. 2: Today and this week
Nov. 2: 12 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
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Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Nov. 1: Today and this week
Nov. 1: 13 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Nov. 1: Today and this week
Nov. 1: 13 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Health
Port St. Lucie free student heart screenings set for Nov. 14
Students ages 5 to 20 can get a free heart screening Saturday, Nov. 14, at the health department's Milner Drive building. Appointments 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Parks
Tales on the Trails: free story walks start Nov. 14
Port St. Lucie's free Tales on the Trails story walks start Saturday, Nov. 14, at Woodstork Trail. Six sessions to April, a free book per household and how to sign up.
Weather
St. Lucie flood watch: up to 7 inches of rain, more Monday
Radar shows 3 to 7 inches of rain fell on St. Lucie County Sunday. A flood watch runs to 3 p.m. Monday, with up to 2 more inches tonight and storms likely Tuesday.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 31: Today and this week
Oct. 31: 13 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 31: Today and this week
Oct. 31: 13 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Housing
Port St. Lucie permits 312 apartments, first since Jan. 2025
Port St. Lucie authorized 566 homes in September, its busiest month since at least 2025, with 312 apartments. Single-family permits are down 6% this year.
Jobs
Port St. Lucie unemployment falls to 4.7%, lowest of 2026
5,574 Port St. Lucie residents were out of work and looking in September, 285 fewer than in August. The rate is 4.7%; the county's is 5% and Florida's 4.2%.
Weather
Port St. Lucie floods again; $30M drainage fix runs to 2030
Radar showed up to 3 inches Tuesday and 2.5 Thursday. The city's fix for the California and Savona floods: $30 million in ponds and pumps, spread over four years.
Jobs
Port St. Lucie unemployment at 4.9%, up from 4.7% a year ago
5,856 Port St. Lucie residents were out of work and looking in August, 316 more than a year earlier. The county rate is 5.3%; Florida's is 4.6%.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 30: Today and this week
Oct. 30: 13 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 30: City Hall, Today and this week
Oct. 30: 13 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 29: Today and this week
Oct. 29: 9 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 29: City Hall, Today and this week
Oct. 29: 10 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 28: City Hall, Today and this week
Oct. 28: 12 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 28: Schools, Today and this week
Oct. 28: 31 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Scholarships
Port St. Lucie student wins police union scholarship
Madison Wilkins, a pre-law student at Indian River State College, won the Edward J. Kiernan Memorial Scholarship from the police union I.U.P.A.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 27: Today and this week
Oct. 27: 12 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 27: Schools, Today and this week
Oct. 27: 31 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Daily Debrief
Daily Debrief for Oct. 26: Schools, Today and this week
Oct. 26: 31 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Morning Notes
Morning Notes for Oct. 26: Today and this week
Oct. 26: 11 items from Port St. Lucie's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.
Weather
St. Lucie coastal flood warning: how high the water got
The watch became a Coastal Flood Warning that ran Oct. 25 to 29. The Indian River at Ankona peaked about 3 feet above high tide. Gauge peaks and what is left.
Treasure Coast High
Treasure Coast High band wins Class 4A at Crown Jewel
The Titan Sound won Class 4A and five best-in-class awards at the Crown Jewel Marching Festival, two weeks after a grand championship in LaBelle. The full list.
SafeSpace
Gabby Petito's stepfather trains Port St. Lucie responders
SafeSpace's Oct. 13 summit trained first responders, prosecutors and health workers, and a four-county domestic violence task force relaunches in January.
Costco
Port St. Lucie Costco site plan approved for Village Parkway
City Council approved Costco's 163,000-square-foot store, tire center, liquor store and 32-position gas station at Village and Marshall parkways. The details.
Roads
Prima Vista Boulevard median goes to commissioners in 2027
The raised median plan for Prima Vista Boulevard goes to county commissioners in February 2027, after the Oct. 15 public meeting. What changes, and how to comment.