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Lee County is having a record-breaking year for traffic fatalities. As of Dec. 8, there have been 119 traffic fatalities in the county, including 9 bicyclists and 24 pedestrians. Those numbers are up from last year, and continue a years-long trend of increasing traffic-related deaths here in Southwest Florida. We explore some of the reasons behind these numbers and this ongoing trend with Jay Anderson, he is Executive director of the nonprofit Stay Alive....Just Drive! and a longtime advocate for traffic safety; and Dan Moser, he is a founding member of the BikeWalkLee Coalition and a traffic safety consultant in Lee County.

Four months after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Southwest Florida state health officials are once again warning beachgoers to stay out of the water, but this time their alert says stay off the sand, too. Shards of debris have been washed onto beaches and lawns, and there is a spike in the number of cases of the very dangerous "flesh-eating bacteria."

The School District of Lee County recently announced its 2019 Teacher of the Year, Mariner High School Art Teacher Samantha Hower. Now in her fourth year…

Every county in Southwest Florida has logged at least one violation according to a new report on the nation’s tap water. Some had as many as six.Those…

Schools across Florida closed down back in mid March as the new coronavirus began spreading. The School District of Lee County has been working on its reopening plans for the fall semester for months, but as the outbreak continued to spread there was no major focus being placed on bringing back students for full time, five days a week schooling. But, that recently changed recently after Florida Department of Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an emergency order requiring all brick and mortar schools to open for at least five days a week.

Long form journalism and deep dive investigative reporting on local issues have historically been the domain of local newspapers. But as newsrooms have shrunk, gaps have been created — and a new model for local journalism has emerged in response: nonprofit newsrooms, mostly comprised of reporters who once worked for newspapers and other forms of commercial media. We meet the Executive Editor-in Chief of Suncoast Searchlight which focuses on Sarasota, Manatee, and DeSoto Counties to get a sense of their origin story and mission — and reflect on the state of local news that’s led to the rise of these online, nonprofit news organizations.

Recent groundwater tests on a Lee County conservation property show levels of arsenic 30 times higher than the federal government allows in drinking…

What lies ahead for Fort Myers Beach Elementary School is coming to a vote this month after the buildings sustained damages from Hurricane Ian, forcing students to locate to sites off the island.

Visitors demand cultural experiences. The Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau has created a place-making initiative to give visitors what they covet.

Broward County declared a state of emergency Tuesday, after a fourth county resident tested positive for novel coronavirus .