The Florida Gulf Coast University Water School, in conjunction with the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce Water Foundation, will be conducting water testing throughout Fort Myers Beach this Saturday and needs the public's help. Members of the public are invited to pick up water ...
During a hearing in front of the Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency (LPA) for the Outrigger Resort project that brought out a sharply divided public and divided LPA members, London Bay President and CEO Mark Wilson requested a continuance of the hearing after about six hours of back and ...
With sea turtle nesting season beginning May 1, the Town of Fort Myers Beach is launching a community education campaign this week to help residents become partners to the town's nesting sea turtles, Fort Myers Beach Public Information Officer Abigail Eberhart announced. The Town is asking ...
A two-year long investigation called Operation Red Light has resulted in 10 arrests in connection to alleged brothels in Cape Coral and Fort Myers. The Southwest Florida Inter-Agency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking Task Force known as INTERCEPT announced the results of an operation ...
The Lee County School Board was told Tuesday that the district will tap into the capital fund to offset an expected multi-million dollar deficit. “This deficit we are anticipating for next year we will offset with an increase transfer from capital funds,” Chief Financial Officer Sarah Cox ...
The UF/IFAS Extension Lee County is accepting applications for the 2026 Southwest Florida Agriculture Exposition (SWFL Ag Expo) 4-H/FFA scholarships. These educational scholarships are available to senior youth participants, ages 14-18, who exhibited as livestock or creative living participants ...
Each year, school choice enrollment season invites families to pause and ask an important question: What kind of education will best serve my child? In Lee County, where public school enrollment for student assignment programs runs from Jan. 20 through Feb. 27, families are once again ...
For those of us old enough to remember the ‘60s, the times they aren’t a-changin.’ The current administration’s decision to wage a boots-on-the-ground “police action” is not the first time an administration, citing preservation and protection of country ideals, has been willing to ...