A 30-year-old Lee County woman became the youngest in the county to die from the coronavirus since July, when a 30-year-old male died from the coronavirus. Lee County's coronavirus case count rose to 50,892 on data reported Monday by the Florida Department of Health, up 5% over the latest ...
More help is on the way for businesses who want it. A second round of Payment Protection Program (PPP) funds have been approved by the federal government for businesses affected by slowdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. The new funding restructures the parameters of the funding, ...
A joint meeting between the Bay Oaks Recreational Campus Advisory Board (BORCAB) and Fort Myers Beach Council last week didn't resolve questions about what a new Bay Oaks campus may look like though it did flush out some of the differences and positions of the board members. Mayor Ray Murphy ...
Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States Wednesday, succeeding former President Donald Trump following weeks of tension following a violent storming of the Capitol and the second impeachment of Trump following his alleged incitement of the Jan. 6 riots. Many ...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Naples), whose district covers Fort Myers Beach and most of Collier and Lee counties, spoke Monday about his vote against the impeachment of President Donald Trump last week and his reaction to the bloody riots at the Capitol. Donalds, speaking during a phone interview ...
When the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council voted in September to approve a new all-year manatee protection boat speed zone, it was understood that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) would have to approve it. The FWC did approve the ordinance but the signage could be ...
All 32 Publix pharmacy locations throughout Lee County will be administering COVID-19 vaccines for those 65 and older and frontline healthcare workers beginning Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. DeSantis made the announcement at a press conference in Cape Coral Tuesday afternoon at the ...
The Florida Department of Health at Lee County and Lee County government announced today that there is enough vaccine supply to schedule about 5,800 appointments for Thursday and Friday at the county’s site near the airport. Beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, people can call toll-free ...
Rebekah Jones, the Florida Department of Health data scientist who was fired last year over what she claimed was her refusal to manipulate COVID-19 statistics, faces a third-degree felony charge over allegations she illegally accessed a Florida Department of Health messaging system. Jones ...
A fire that started in a bedroom spread through a vacation rental property on Eucalyptus Court in Fort Myers Beach Friday afternoon. Fort Myers Beach firefighters were able to put out the blaze within an hour. The fire was discovered after the mother of a family staying at the property ...
