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  • Florida’s Democratic candidates for governor faced off in their fourth primary debate July 18 at Florida Gulf Coast University. The debate was the first…
  • For Southwest Florida, 2017 was a year dramatically punctuated by the September arrival of Hurricane Irma. It was an extreme storm, which dominated the…
  • Gulf Coast Live is on location today at JetBlue Park, the home of spring training for the Boston Red Sox, taking a look at the players on the field and…
  • We shine some light on a southwest Florida nonprofit that’s been working to make the lives of this area's seniors better for more than half a century. Founded in 1973, Senior Friendship Centers began in a small bungalow in Sarasota, and first began expanding when it began receiving federal funding to provide meals to older adults. Erin McLeod joined the organization as Director of Communications in 2004. It was her first job at a nonprofit and she says she immediately fell in love with the mission and has been there ever since, now as its CEO.
  • State Rep. Attica Scott was charged with first-degree rioting, which is a felony. She was also facing lesser charges of failure to the disperse and unlawful assembly. She called charges "bogus."
  • Two and a half months after Hurricane Ian, remediation is set to begin Wednesday at the historic part of Fort Myers Beach Elementary School, according to Lee School Superintendent Dr. Chris Bernier. The Lee County school board now is mulling options on how to restore the school, and bring students back to the beach.
  • President Donald Trump wants to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. Hundreds of miles of fence are already in place along that border, but…
  • State health officials reported 1,685 new COVID-19 cases, Monday, bringing Florida's total to 685,439 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 21 new coronavirus-related deaths, Sept. 21, increasing the statewide death toll to 13,480 fatalities.Monday’s state data comes as the death toll from the virus nationally has now topped 200,000 fatalities.
  • The Extended Continental Shelf Project has made America larger and the Gulf of Mexico's resources off Fort Myers is one of the reasons why
  • Over the next four years, five major league teams will be renegotiating their spring training leases in Florida. With millions in economic benefits at stake, local communities and the Sunshine State are looking to upgraded facilities in hopes of keeping teams from moving to other locations in Florida and Arizona.
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