State Senator Ray Rodrigues (R-Estero), in his first term representing Fort Myers Beach and most of Lee County following the completion of his tenure in the State House of Representatives due to term limits, has been highly active during a busy legislative session. Sitting on nine ...
More than 200 million gallons of wastewater loaded with high levels of nitrogen and phosphate, emptied into Port Manatee over the past week, at the entrance to Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico due to the failure of the Piney Point Reservoir at a defunct phosphorus plant. In an update issued ...
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners acted this week to direct county staff to pursue an agreement with the Town of Fort Myers Beach on erecting a smaller-scale replica of the Arches. Lee County Commissioner Ray Sandelli (R-Bonita Springs), whose district includes Fort Myers Beach, ...
The Church of the Ascension Parish Hall will be the next site available on Fort Myers Beach for those seeking to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy announced that the church will hold a free clinic through the Florida Department of Health on Thursday, April 15 from ...
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday heard several options for changing its collection of tolls and making the electronic collection system permanent, which could potentially mean an increase in tolls for some and an increase in fees. No decisions were made. Since the ...
Lee Health reported having 96 patients isolated in its hospitals with COVID-19 Monday, which was up 24% from 73 patients a week earlier. The increase reported by Lee Health is in contrast to the rates of increase being reported by the Florida Department of Health for coronavirus cases locally ...
All 250 slots were filled for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Beach Baptist Church Tuesday organized by the church and the Florida Department of Health. Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy was among those getting the Pfizer shot from Health Heroes, an organization which partners with the ...
Approximately 1,000 acres of land in eastern Collier County which the Conservancy of Southwest Florida has categorized as 100% prime habitat for the endangered Florida panther, was approved for a large-scale housing project by the Collier County Planning Commission Wednesday in a 5-1 vote ...
An environmental catastrophe involving a leak at a defunct phosphorus plant in Manatee County is threatening to unload hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic water into Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico and flood the surrounding area. More than 300 homes have been evacuated over the weekend ...
Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday prohibiting government agencies from issuing “vaccination passports” or “passes” and prohibited businesses from requiring patrons or customers to furnish such documentation proving a COVID-19 vaccination. According to a copy of the ...
