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Jobless rate jumps higher in Jacksonville and statewide for July jacksonville.com - Jacksonville’s unemployment rate jumped higher in July, as new entrants into the labor force had difficulty finding jobs.

Jaguars Notebook: Team must sell 3,000 tickets to avoid blackouts jacksonville.com - The Jaguars still have 3,000 season tickets left to sell to avoid regular-season blackouts with the first preseason home game set for Saturday against Miami.

Jaguars' Everbank Field deal deferred again jacksonville.com - For the second time, the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee has declined to approve the Jaguars' naming rights deal with EverBank.

A Look Back: How the vote for consolidation defined Jacksonville jacksonville.com - "Not a cloud marred the sky as Aug. 8 [1967] dawned on Jacksonville and Duval County," wrote the late Richard A. Martin, journalist and historian. "It was a lovely day…

Bus-only lanes coming to downtown Jacksonville in 2012 jacksonville.com - Bus-only lanes will be coming to downtown Jacksonville by the end of 2012. The lanes will then expand to the north, southeast, southwest and east corridors of the city by…

EverBank, Jaguars agree to $16.6 million naming rights deal jaxdailyrecord.com - The Jacksonville Jaguars and EverBank officially announced a five-year partnership Tuesday that will name the stadium EverBank Field and left a room full of Jacksonville football and business enthusiasts optimistic…

Winn-Dixie to close 30 stores, cut 120 jobs jaxdailyrecord.com - Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. will close 30 stores, including one in Jacksonville, and eliminate about 120 jobs because of the economy, Chairman and CEO Peter Lynch said Tuesday.

JTA seeks funds for 2 commuter railroad studies jacksonville.com - Last year, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority conducted a study that found thousands of people would utilize a commuter rail system in Northeast Florida.

River's woes flow downstream, pile up on First Coast jacksonville.com - From building storm ponds to controlling how Jacksonville residents fertilize their lawns, Mayor John Peyton has tried to cut pollution in the St. Johns River.

How the EverBank-Jaguars deal was reached jacksonville.com - Two weeks ago, the Jacksonville Jaguars and EverBank saw a light at the end of the tunnel. After a couple of years of occasional negotiating, the two sides had gotten…

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