Organizers of the Thunder on Cocoa Beach powerboat races have secured a key county tourism grant for the races, and expect to have record-setting attendance for their May 18-21 event. The Brevard ...

Cocoa Beach wasn’t headed much of anywhere until July 24, 1950, when, at the behest of rocket genius Wernher von Braun and his coterie, the first missile catapulted from Cape Canaveral.

Take a walk on the world-famous Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier for a different perspective on the area. Originally built in 1962, the pier consists of 2.5 miles of boardwalk planks and juts 800 feet ...