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Targeted sites range from 2.85 acres of hardwood hammocks in the Florida Keys to 932 acres of ranchland in Hardee County to a 3,610-acre parcel in the Wolfe Creek Forest in the Panhandle.

The Lee County Board of Commissioners will hold its next public hearing about redistricting on Tuesday, November 2 at 6:00pm. When the current district maps were drawn back in 2011 many of the homes in the Fort Myers Dunbar community were moved into District 4, which is primarily made up of North Fort Myers across the Caloosahatchee River. As commissioners consider new map proposals, we highlight efforts to get them to choose a new map which would reunite the Dunbar community with Fort Myers.

The financial instability many people face as a result of the pandemic has put more people at risk of losing their housing. A national eviction moratorium established by the CDC is set to expire on December 31 and local governments have until then to use federal CARES Act relief funds designated to help people with past due rent and utilities. We talk with Janet Bartos, Executive Director of the Lee County Homeless Coalition, and the City of Fort Myers’ new mayor Kevin Anderson, about efforts being made to help people experiencing homelessness and those at risk.

State health officials reported 854 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Florida, Monday, for a statewide total of 46,442 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 26 new coronavirus-related deaths, Monday, for a total of 1,997 fatalities. 901 of the documented deaths in Florida have been associated with long-term care facilities, accounting for 45.1% of all COVID-19 related deaths in the state.

The social conservative non-profit Florida Family Policy Council brings its state-wide “Protect My Ministry” tour to Southwest Florida this week. The 14…

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and Congressman Dennis Ross on Friday criticized a lack of funding for the state's storm-ravaged citrus...

A new report from a Tallahassee-based research group raises questions about the growing role of charter schools in Florida, including citing the closure...

Positive growth in Southwest Florida’s housing market is expected to continue into 2014. Like other housing markets hit hard by the Great Recession,…

On April 22nd, Southwest Floridians will elect a Republican nominee in a contentious special congressional election. The primary will likely decide this…

Governor Rick Scott visited Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Collier County Oct. 23 to announce a proposed $1.7 billion investment in Florida’s…