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State health officials reported 3,356 new COVID-19 cases, Thursday bringing Florida's total to 744,988 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 141 new coronavirus-related deaths, Oct. 15, increasing the statewide death toll to 15,932 fatalities.Of the 5,650,724 COVID-19 tests that have been reported in Florida so far, the overall positivity rate stands at 13.18% and the state health department reports the latest single day positivity rate fell slightly from the previous day to 5.16%.

When Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act into law in the summer of 2021, the occasion was met with a flurry of glowing headlines and general celebration by conservationists across the state. But the effort to protect the integrity of Florida’s landscape is a race against time. It remains entirely legal to develop land within much of the corridor’s boundaries, even if such development would destroy the landscape-scale connectivity the law is meant to preserve. The corridor, in other words, remains under siege by development. And the state and federal governments have not been too eager to stop it.

- Today is the last day to apply for the Immokalee Foundation,. Immokalee organization breaks ground to a new apartment complex. Attorney General warns against vacation rental scams. Collier County gets grade "A" streak.

At the Naples Pier on Thursday night, a student group organized a vigil to mark the somber first anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School…

En las noticias de esta semana, el Condado de Collier extendrá a Vanderbilt Beach Road, los precios de la gasolina en Florida cayeron a su nivel más bajo desde febrero, y Barron Collier organizó una ceremonia en conmemoración del 11 de septiembre.

It’s official, the Southwest Florida INTERCEPT Task Force is at work fighting human trafficking and the sexploitation of children.The task force held a news conference Thursday afternoon in Naples to announce the formation. The task force was created earlier this year.

The National Transportation Safety Board moved the remains of a crashed private jet from Interstate 75 in Collier County to Jacksonville on Sunday.The investigation moving off the freeway allowed the Florida Highway Patrol to reopen I-75 southbound shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday."There is not much information available at this time. Investigators are continuing to examine and document scene and aircraft," a NTSB spokesman said via email Sunday.

The Sandy Fire broke out Monday at 50 acres in the far eastern part of Collier County. By Sunday morning the fire had spread to 8,398 acres and containment remained at 0%.

Hurricanes mean more rain, which means more mosquitos. Here are some preventative measures.

Hospitality employers in Lee, Collier, Charlotte and Sarasota counties can apply.