Two recent Cocoa Beach drownings highlight Brevard County's lifeguard shortage and budget debate. Who should pay for safety?

The first real settlement in Cocoa Beach, Florida was started by a family of newly freed slaves following the Civil War, but a hurricane in 1885 discouraged settlement.

COCOA BEACH, Fla. — Now open in the heart of downtown Cocoa Beach is a restaurant and lounge paying homage to the city’s name. Coa (pronounced Coh-uh) is unlike anything offered downtown – especially ...

Real-time tools, visuals, and other resources to quantify the role of climate change in weather events. Alerts We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Be sure to stop in the restroom at the OdySea Aquarium, where you can witness 120-pound giant Hawaiian broad stingrays, 500-pound groupers and blacktip reef sharks swimming by ...

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