The Town of Fort Myers Beach honored Arbor Day with the planting of the town’s official Florida native tree and the handing ...

A roundup of high school sports events held in the Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Naples area for the week of Jan. 19-24, 2026.

Here are our top things to do this weekend and beyond, including Charlie’s ComicCon with Nintendo Switch star Kevin Afghani, ...

Southwest Florida is preparing for massive population growth with numerous new projects in 2026. New schools and healthcare facilities are being built in Lee and Collier counties to support the ...

Former reporter Lee Melsek recalls a sparsely populated Fort Myers Beach in the 1950s and '60s. Melsek has written a book, "Finding Huck: Adventures Down Yonder," about his childhood on the island. He ...

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On Monday, Jan. 5, the former president of the SWFL Orchid Society is giving a presentation on how to maintain your orchids once they outgrow the container they are in. The informational talk will ...

A raging fire tore through the iconic Silver Gull Beach Club in Queens, causing massive damage, officials said Thursday. The fire broke out about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday at the long-standing summertime ...