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July 25 is the voter registration deadline to vote in Florida’s Aug. 23 primary election

Monday, July 25, is the voter registration deadline for anyone looking to cast a ballot in Florida’s Aug. 23 primary election. In recent years, the Florida legislature has passed changes to some sections of Florida’s election code including new restrictions on absentee voting.

Dianna Betancourt gets help from her daughter, Alissia Betancourt, to line up cans of food during the GL Homes CAN-tastic competition Monday.

House of cans gives homebuilder a way to help SWFL relieve hunger

GL Homes conducted building of an unusual kind Monday — and ended up helping relieve hunger.The mission was for two teams combined from GL Homes communities in Lee and Collier counties to go can-to-can in the annual GL Homes CAN-tastic Competition.

2... Firefighters spent much of Sunday morning going door-to-door checking for the injured after a tornado struck in Southwest Florida. As of this report, no injuries or fatalities have been reported in the Century 21 Mobile Home Community in Fort Myers (Iona area), pictured

Tornadoes strike Southwest Florida Sunday as cold front moves across the state

Lee County officials estimate about $1.1 million dollars in damages with more than one hundred mobile homes damaged and some 30 mobile homes destroyed. This was just one of a number of tornadoes that touched down across Southwest Florida on Sunday as a massive cold front moved across the state.

Volunteers spent the day handing out thousands of turkey dinners to families who have food insecurity in Collier County, FL. Capital Wealth Advisors, an independent financial advisory firm, partnered with St. Matthew’s House for the 19th Annual Capital Wealth Advisors (CWA) Turkey Drop event. On Monday Turkeys and donations were dropped off to make this event possible. Besides turkeys, families were given, eggs, vegetables, pumpkin pies, juice and other Thanksgiving fixings.

Naples' Turkey Drop in 19th year and the food need remains great

Pumpkin pies, turkeys, eggs, bread and vegetables — ingredients for a great holiday meal — were distributed in Collier County recently by dozens of volunteers like Kayla Ballard and Ava Adams, both First Baptist Academy students — “serving others, serves God,” Kayla said.The distribution was part of the 19th year for the Capital Wealth Advisors Turkey Drop Event and was made possible this year from Capital Wealth Advisors partnering with St. Matthew’s House in Naples to collect and pass out thousands of Thanksgiving meals.

Early Voting Locations in SWFL

Early voting for the Nov. 3 general election can begin as early as Oct. 19 in Florida. WGCU made a list of early voting locations throughout Southwest Florida.

A pond on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus is three or four feet lower than normal, exposing land normally under a foot of water or more, now dried out from the sun

Despite deluge, Southwest Florida's drought continues

Showers and thunderstorms swept across Lee and Collier counties, with four or more inches of rain. Other areas didn’t get enough rain to do much more than dampen the landscape. Southwest Florida’s drought is not yet over.

COVID-19 Morning Report

State health officials reported 5,807 new COVID-19 cases, Wednesday, for a total of 762,533 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 105 new coronavirus-related deaths, Oct. 21, increasing the statewide death toll to 16,413 fatalities.

COVID-19 Morning Report

State health officials report that Florida's overall number of coronavirus cases topped the 300,000-case threshold, Wednesday. Aside from Florida, only New York and California have reported more than 300,000 COVID-19 cases.Florida reached milestone in cases just ten days after crossing the 200,000-case threshold. There were 10,181 new cases of the virus reported, July 15, for a total of 301,810 cases.

Florida Legislative Session Round Table Week Seven: Sen. Kathleen Passidomo/ Federal Wetland Protect

As we enter the seventh week of Florida’s state-lawmaking session, our legislative roundtable series continues in a conversation with State Sen. Kathleen…

April 13, 2021 -- A. The entrance to a cypress tree den estimated to be about 40-50 feet above the ground. A female Florida black bear climbed this hollow tree and entered through the open top to den. She later gave birth inside the cavity that was near the ground level. B. Two FWRI bear research biologists stand at the base of the tree den listening to the sounds of a female Florida black bear and at least one cub.

Environmental Roundup April 30, 2021

We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week, in Florida and beyond.

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