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Advocates Say State Financial Agency Conducted Improper 'Immigration Raid'

About a hundred workers in Immokalee were charged with workers’ compensation and ID fraud several days ago. Officials arrested employees at a…

COVID-19 Morning Update

The number of new COVID-19 cases documented in Florida, Thursday, topped 5,000 for the second consecutive day. The Florida Department of Health reported 5,004 new coronavirus cases, June 25, increasing the statewide total to 114,018 cases.State health officials also reported 46 new coronavirus-related deaths, Thursday, bringing the statewide death toll to 3,327 fatalities.

Kristallnacht event features survivor protected in Amsterdam

Red tide is blamed for the dead fish showing up in state waterways and beaches.

State Waives Rules To Help Red Tide Cleanup

Cleanup rules are being waived for the removal of dead fish from areas of red tide in Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, Hillsborough and...

COVID-19 Morning Update

State health officials reported 2,878 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, for a statewide total of 56,163 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 87 new coronavirus-related deaths over the weekend, bringing the statewide death toll to 2,451 fatalities.There have now been 1,022,265 COVID-19 tests performed in Florida since the start of the pandemic and overall, 5.5% of those tests have been positive for the virus.

Lonnie Garretson cries on Thursday (9/29/2022) upon seeing damage to mobile homes and flooding in Suncoast Estates in North Fort Myers. "This hurts deeply," said Garretson. Garretson has lived in the trailer park community since 1967.

HURRICANE IAN: Health related questions, concerns, information

HURRICANE IAN: Health-related questions, concerns, information

Here Is How To Check Live Election Updates In Southwest Florida

Once polls have closed in Southwest Florida, election boards will begin counting ballots. Here is how to check the results in the state and also your…

Reshma Tannassee started her business Carina’s Manufacturing at the Immokalee incubator with just $200. She says the business now grosses more than $500,000 annually.

As controversy surrounds economic growth efforts by Marshall Goodman, his business incubator in Immokalee continues to help local culinary startups thrive

As controversy surrounding Marshall Goodman’s efforts to develop business incubators in rural Central Florida, the incubator he spearheaded in Immokalee continues to provide opportunities for new businesses in the rural Collier County town.

Four-wheeling the dirt trails at Lazy Springs Recreational Park in Hendry County. The park changed ownership Sept. 22 and plans are now to close the site as of the end of November.

As old rural Florida vanishes, so too does a beloved recreation park -- but not to development

Lazy Springs has attracted Jeep enthusiasts, dirt bike riders and kayakers for 25 years. It closes for good after Nov. 30.

Looming tropical system prompts warning across Southwest Florida; state of emergency invoked; USCG sets Fort Myers port conditions

Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Sarasota and Manatee counties are in an area with 37 other Florida counties now considered for a state of emergency due to Potential Tropical Cyclone 9.That designation was made as part of an executive order issued Monday by Governor Ron DeSantis ahead of the storm.Meanwhile, across the state, counties are making auxiliary plans for the any effects from passage of the potential storm.

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