Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference in Baker County on Thursday morning. He will be speaking at the ...

The Florida Department of Emergency management purchased weather monitoring equipment for a 'North Detention Facility,' ...

DeSantis announced plans to convert a shuttered North Florida prison into an immigration detention center, replacing a ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the opening of a second immigration detention facility, dubbed "Deportation Depot," ...

A new $39,000 state contract for a weather monitoring system and two lightning sirens was posted to a state website this week ...

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Local ‘We don’t want to do it just to do it’: Camp Blanding ICE facility may take longer than planned By Deja Mayfield, Action News Jax July 07, 2025 at 7:04 pm EDT ...

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Construction on a new ICE detention facility at Camp Blanding, near Starke, could begin as soon as next week, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis and state emergency officials ...

During the war, Camp Blanding became home to two full infantry divisions and many smaller units. In 1944 and 1945, thousands of soldiers trained here before heading overseas to join combat.

Camp Blanding is a training site for the Florida National Guard near Starke. It has an air field, which the state plans to use to remove detained immigrants to their countries of origin, and is ...

Camp Blanding sits less than 30 miles from Cecil Airport, a public airport in Jacksonville that could potentially serve as a deportation hub — similar to how the state has begun flying detainees ...