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A lawsuit unsealed Thursday in a Florida federal court claims one of the state's most prominent and politically connected families — the Colliers — lied to state officials and covered up a hazardous waste site contaminated with lethal Creosote. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers, alleges claims by Sonja Eddings Brown — described as a longtime aide to family matriarch Parker Collier and a "whistleblower" — that the Colliers bamboozled the state of Florida into paying $30 million for a site near Everglades National Park while concealing the fact that it was contaminated with lethal hazardous waste.

The Collier Mosquito Control District’s aerial fleet now includes three airplanes and four helicopters.

Many immigrant students in Collier County continue to be re-directed to language programs at technical colleges, rather than enrolled in public high…

Receiving dozens of frantic phone calls a day from people at their most desperate is a job that requires patience, training, and a particular temperament…

Hoping to get ahead of potential Zika outbreaks, Planned Parenthood of Collier County is launching a new education initiative aimed at prevention. While…

The South Florida Water Management District plans to conduct a 87-acre prescribed burn in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Management Area in Collier County, Wednesday, February 12.

Collier following the steps of other communities and counties in honoring the late Charlie Kirk

In Collier County, demonstrations against police brutality in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, have remained mostly peaceful. Local protest organizers as well as the Collier County Sheriff’s Office say they want to keep demonstrations safe for all parties involved.

Still reeling from cuts to grant funding, Collier arts organizations are now weathering a 10 percent drop in international visitors. That amounts to about 100,000 fewer international visitors this year. Canadians and British tourists comprise the largest percentage of this decline. That impacts arts organizations since as much as 40 percent of patrons come from out of town.

In an effort to say they lowered taxes a majority of the board voted to raid $61 million from voter-approved conservation trusts funds