After getting hit with lawsuits and objections from local officials, a Florida Senate committee on Tuesday approved scaling back a 2025 law that included temporarily blocking cities and counties from approving "more restrictive or burdensome" changes to growth plans. The Senate Community Affairs Committee voted 8-0 to approve a bill (SB 840), sponsored by Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-Indian Rocks Beach, that would revise the law.
Gulfshore Opera’s concert series opens Jan. 20 with “As You Like It," but “In the Voice of Shakespeare” at Artis-Naples is Gulfshore Opera’s capstone event.
Fort Myers' Elevate Studios is taking "Lord of the Flies" outdoors to Caloosahatchee Regional Park. Every audience member will be greeted by a search and rescue guide and given brief instructions on how to find the lost kids that went down in a plane.
Collier County leaders are refusing to approve hundreds of new homes on farmland east of Collier Boulevard. Commissioners voted Tuesday to continue an item for the approval to build 423 homes on 170 acres along Sabal Palm Road.
Much-welcomed rain continues to fall across South Florida, but we await a stronger cold front that will sweep over the state on Thursday and could possibly bring the coldest air mass of the season so far.
For over 75 years, The Swamp Buggy has been an annual tradition in Naples. Originally designed to help navigate through the hardened terrain, It has evolved into a thrilling competition.