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Collier County residents can receive free "mosquitofish" this week

'Mosquitofish' offered free to Collier residents to control pests

Collier Mosquito Control District is giving county residents two-inch, guppy-like fish to place in flooded yards, swales, and other small areas of standing freshwater left behind by Hurricane Ian to eat mosquito larvae before they grow up and start bothering everyone.

Collier County Shewriff's Office deputies as well as a volunteer from Books for Collier Kids will take part in “Hot Summer Nights 2023” on July 20, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Mackle Park on Marco Island, and feature games, food, fun and distribute books to children attending the event.

Nonprofit teams with Collier Sheriff on free book project

Books for Collier Kids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving children’s literacy, is partnering with the Collier County Sherriff’s Office to provide free books to children at an event hosted by CCSO.

Collier schools will open Thursday, with free meals available

Collier County Public Schools will reopen Thursday, Oct. 6.

Annual Art Competition For Collier Students Moves Online

For nearly 40 years, the Marco Island Center for the Arts has held a competition for Collier County high school art students, where their submissions are…

Volunteer and advisory positions open in Lee, Collier, Charlotte

Several volunteer advisory positions are open in Collier, Charlotte and Lee counties.

Florida residents can play an important part in conserving gopher tortoises, which are often found living near people in suburban, agricultural and other developed areas. When people get involved in gopher tortoise conservation, it helps ensure tortoises, and the over 350 species tortoises provide shelter for in their burrows, will continue to be found throughout the state in the future. Residents can get involved with conservation of gopher tortoises in several ways:

Conservation Collier funding in jeopardy; Board votes Thursday

The widely supported land conservation program could have its funding slashed by 40 percent.

Outgoing Collier County Supervisor of Elections Jennifer Edwards

Longtime Collier Election Supervisor Jennifer Edwards retires

Collier County Supervisor of Elections Jennifer Edwards retires mid-term on Friday, April 28 after more than 20 years on the job.

Collier Residents Protest Trump's National Emergency Declaration

Activist groups opposed to President Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the U.S. southern border demonstrated Monday night at the Collier County…

Melissa Marr, author of “Ink Exchange,” tells the aftermath of a rape survivor’s assault, though the act is not depicted in the story. Marr is concerned that the book’s suspension from school libraries in Collier County will remove a resource for young survivors.

Authors of books banned in Collier schools weigh in on removals

The authors of some of the nearly 400 books removed from the libraries of Collier County public schools have made their feelings known about these actions.

Court sides with Collier Co. homeowner on insurance law

In an issue that might ultimately have to be sorted out by the Florida Supreme Court, an appeals court has sided with a Collier County homeowner in a dispute about a 2021 law that placed additional hurdles to filing lawsuits against property insurers.The ruling last week by a panel of the 6th District Court of Appeal dealt with whether part of the law could apply to policies issued before the law took effect. The panel agreed with arguments by attorneys for homeowner Rebecca Hughes, whose home sustained water damage in 2019 but who did not file a lawsuit against Universal Property Insurance & Casualty Insurance Co. over the claim until August 2021 — about a month after the law took effect.

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