Volusia County officials announced a cluster of community and recovery items in the podcast news segment of the county’s “It’s Giving Government” program.

JetBlue will resume service at Daytona Beach International Airport with two daily nonstop flights to New York City and Boston starting Dec. 4, the podcast said. Tickets were reported as already on sale at flydaytonafirst.com.

The program also reported that $133,500,000 in federal funding has been approved for Volusia County’s Transform 386 Homeowner Recovery Program, which is accepting applications to help residents affected by Hurricane Milton with home repairs, replacements, voluntary buyouts and flood mitigation support. The podcast directed residents to transform386.org for eligibility and application details.

State Senator Tom Wright presented a $400,000 check to support expansion of Volusia County’s Emergency Operations Center, contributing to a $5,000,000 expansion project the podcast said is expected to increase coordination space and be ready by spring 2026.

Community events noted in the segment included the Volusia County Library’s How-To Festival on Saturday, Sept. 13, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at six library locations with more than 50 sessions and no registration required (schedules at volusialibrary.libcal.com), and the 40th annual International Coastal Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 20, 8–11 a.m. across more than 20 sites; volunteers were asked to register by Sept. 8 at volusia.org/cleanup. The county also promoted a new Flooding and Stormwater Management e-newsletter and directed residents to volusia.org to subscribe.

The information was presented by the podcast’s newsreader; the segment did not include formal county action or detailed eligibility language beyond web links for each program.