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The Escribano Point WMA encompasses approximately 4,129 acres in Santa Rosa County and stretches along the Blackwater and East Bay. Its shoreline protects over 10 miles of northwest Florida coast and is host to numerous imperiled species. FWC photo

Prescribed burn planned today on 900-acre CREW area in Collier Co.

The South Florida Water Management District plans to conduct a 900-acre prescribed burn in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Management Area in Collier County today. (Friday, April 11).

Collier Voters Decide Whether to Bring Back Conservation Land Buying Program

This Fall, voters in Collier County will decide whether to reestablish funding for Conservation Collier by levying a nominal property tax in order to enable the program to purchase and protect sensitive lands.

16 Publix Pharmacies in Collier To Begin Administering COVID-19 Vaccine Thursday

Florida’s partnership with Publix grocery store chain to administer COVID-19 vaccine doses is expanding and will now include 16 Publix locations in Collier County.

FILE - Karina Shumate, 21, a college student studying stenography, fills out a voter registration form in Richardson, Texas, on Jan. 18, 2020. Election vendors who print the ballots, registration forms and vote-by-mail cards used across the U.S. say their operations heading into the 2022 elections are running into the same delays and higher costs inflicting just about every industry since the pandemic began. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Collier Supervisor of Elections launches annual high school voter registration challenge

The Collier County Supervisor of Elections office is challenging local high school students to register and pre-register to vote ahead of the 2022 General Election.

“I voted” stickers in English and Spanish, Virginia, USA, November 2014. (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) photo.)

Collier to begin mailing Vote-by-Mail ballots for 26 Naples election

The Collier County Supervisor of Elections office will mail requested Vote-by-Mail ballots to eligible domestic voters who are eligible to vote in the City of Naples Election starting Dec. 31.

Lake Avalon, which is in Sugden Regional Park in Collier County south of where Airport Pulling Road dead-ends into U.S. 41, is one of few freshwater beaches in the region with watersports being so popular it worries health officials who found a concentration of blue-green algae high enough to issue a health caution for the entire lake

Health officials: Avoid popular Collier lake due to blue-green algae

Collier County health officials caution about blue-green algae toxins in Lake Avalon, south of downtown Naples, a popular place to waterski, boat, fish, and swim on a sandy beach,

Collier Dept. of Health To Hire Immokalee Residents to Promote COVID-19 Education

Immokalee residents account for 43% of the total COVID-19 cases to date in Collier County and health officials are seeking new ways to keep the community informed about the virus.

Eleven Collier School Board candidates take the stage in Tuesday candidate forum

Three of the five positions on the Collier County School board are up for election this year. Three incumbents and eight challengers are vying for the school board’s district one, district three and district five races in the Aug. 23 primary election. All eleven candidates plan to participate in a forum on Tuesday, June 21 at the Naples Area Board of Realtors (NABOR) Convention Center at 6 p.m.

Collier elections office mailing Notice of Election for 2024 Presidential Preference Primary

The Collier County Supervisor of Elections office will begin mailing a Notice of Election to all active registered voters for the 2024 Presidential Preference Primary Election.This mailing includes important information regarding election dates and deadlines, early voting locations and how to request a Vote-by-Mail ballot.

Collier school board attorney candidate withdraws, the board is revisiting the job description

A candidate for the position of Collier County School Board attorney withdrew his name, prompting the board to revisit posting the position again.

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