Nineteen different former Volusia County Council members wrote a letter denouncing the current Council’s failure to fund $611,000 in cultural arts grants for the 2025-26 Volusia County Budget.

Located within a three-minute drive of one another, DeLand is home to two boxing gyms, one built off of Muhammad Ali’s legacy and relocated to Central Florida by the 2008 financial crisis, and the ...

This is a response to one of Tanner Andrews’ opinion columns. (I do wish you could print poetry in your newspaper). But it is a recording that you hear. They claim to value your business, a lie. Many ...

VCS Hosts Westside School Choice Fair on Tuesday, November 30th, 5:30-7:00 p.m. After a successful eastside School Choice Fair, Volusia County Schools is hosting its westside School Choice Fair on ...

Tre Robinson, a 34-year-old pastor, husband and gospel singer in Brevard County, recently released his first EP, Undone. He was recently featured in a Support Kingdom Music post by Gospel Artist/Radio ...

Editor, The Beacon: Reagan’s tax cuts pushed the deficit to more than 4% of the gross domestic product. Economists consider anything over 3% of the GDP fiscally irresponsible. During George H.W.

BEACON PHOTO/AL EVERSON<br> AMAZON PART 1 — Amazon opened its 1.4 million-square-foot fulfillment center in 2020. At the time, the facility provided work for an estimated 1,500 people, according to ...

CoolCraft Christmas is partnering with the Athens Theatre in DeLand and the West Volusia Tourism Advertising Authority Advisory Board for the second year for their holiday beverage trail. From Nov. 25 ...

Editor, The Beacon: Fact: Trump has stacked his Cabinet and key administration and adviser positions with many ultrawealthy people (Musk, Lutnick, Witkoff, Burgum ...

On a quiet dirt road outside Lake Helen city center, a new business is reviving an old idea: a country store on a working farm, where the shelves are filled with handmade goods instead of barcodes, ...

West Volusia Habitat for Humanity partners with people and businesses in the greater DeLand area to build truly affordable, quality homes for our homeowner partners with low to moderate income. We put ...

Five times over the past month, vandals have attacked one of Downtown DeLand’s most prominent murals, which celebrates the city’s status as a monarch-butterfly sanctuary. The mural, which covers the ...