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  • Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is celebrating Black History Month with playwright August Wilson’s “Fences.” Each of Wilson’s Century Cycle plays speak about the African-American experience in this country. In this context, says Artistic Director Nate Jacobs, “Fences” focuses on the universal theme of families, in particular, the father-son relationship.
  • According to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission there have been 24 fatal alligator attacks in the Sunshine State since 1973, and there are roughly seven unprovoked gator bites to humans per year in Florida, so they’re not all that common. But, when they do happen they do make the news. A bicyclist was attacked by a 9-foot gator at a park in Stuart last week, and a man searching for shark teeth in the Myakka River was bitten by a gator last month.We're joined by two wildlife experts to discuss alligators in Florida, especially during their mating season which we’re toward the end of right now.
  • The 2018 blue-green algae bloom that filled much of Lake Okeechobee, the Caloosahatchee River, and its estuary with thick, green, toxic, algae left no…
  • Norton wrote, directed and starred in the film adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's novel. The movie centers on a detective with Tourette's syndrome who uncovers corruption in New York City.
  • Their job is to keep the peace amid a worsening and at times deadly conflict between humans and the world's largest land animal in the town of Livingstone, Zambia.
  • Toni Westland joined the federal workforce as a ranger with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers giving lock and dam tours on the Mississippi River. She then had a stint in north Georgia at Lake Lanier, then moved on to Lake Okeechobee and then Manatee Park in East Fort Myers. At some point she had vacationed on Sanibel Island so knew she loved the J.N. “Ding” Darling Wildlife Refuge, so when the opportunity arose in 2002 for her to join their team as an education specialist, she jumped on it and has been at Ding Darling ever since. Now, she's taking an early retirement as part of the federal government's downsizing DOGE efforts.
  • Holocaust survivor, author, public speaker, human rights activist and educator Eva Mozes Kor died July 4 at the age of 85.At the age of 10, Kor was sent…
  • Project SEARCH is a program that helps students with intellectual and developmental disabilities transition from school to work. Hear from two women who make Project SEARCH possible, an a current Project SEARCH intern, and a former intern.
  • Warmer weather is here and there’s yard work to be done!But be careful… poison ivy is already blooming.If you wish to limit your poison ivy’s presence, cut it off before those flowers turn to seeds.
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