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FEMA will pay hotel and motel costs for eligible survivors from counties hardest hit by Hurricane Ian.

The properties affected includes real property, homes or businesses destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by Ian's impacts.

Work on getting FEMA trailers set up for disaster victims in Southwest Florida could last until well into summer, an agency spokesman said.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast the next few months will be both warmer and drier than average in Florida. Since the state’s winter months are typically dry, the combination has Southwest Florida water managers asking people to conserve water. Activities such as washing clothes, hosing down the car, and topping off the pool use plenty of water and should be curtailed when possible, according to officials with the South Florida Water Management District. Conserving water at home can help keep wells from running dry, save money, and reduce the stress on the Floridan aquifer.

Lee County are being asked whether to change the job of superintendent of The School District of Lee County from an appointed position to an elected position. It’s been an appointed position in Lee County since 1974. The referendum was placed on the ballot for voters in Lee County after Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 497 into law at the end of the 2022 legislative session. It had been pushed by republican members of the Lee County legislative delegation and it passed despite never being read out of committee during the House session and had no accompanying Senate bill.

Lee County is providing up to $450,000 dollars in funding from the $134.5 million dollars it received through the CARES Act for Florida Gulf Coast University to conduct a COVID-19 antibody study, similar to ones that have been conducted in Santa Clara County and New York State.

Madeline wrote to officials asking for approval to keep a unicorn in her backyard if she could find one. The animal control department agreed — under certain conditions.

Lee County are being asked whether to change the job of superintendent of The School District of Lee County from an appointed position to an elected position. It’s been an appointed position in Lee County since 1974. The referendum was placed on the ballot for voters in Lee County after Governor Ron DeSantis signed HB 497 into law at the end of the 2022 legislative session. It had been pushed by republican members of the Lee County legislative delegation and it passed despite never being read out of committee during the House session and had no accompanying Senate bill.

Lee County is providing up to $450,000 dollars in funding from the $134.5 million dollars it received through the CARES Act for Florida Gulf Coast University to conduct a COVID-19 antibody study, similar to ones that have been conducted in Santa Clara County and New York State.

Recent fatal crashes in Fort Myers and Lehigh Acres put Lee County's road death toll in 2022 at 123 fatalities, the unofficial second-highest year ever for the county.