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If your social security card has been lost or stolen, it may be easier than you think to replace it.

After the fear and anxiety of back-to-back hurricanes, folks are clamoring for a diversion. In spite of wind, rain, surge, mud and power outages, the show will go on at all seven Lee and Collier theaters tonight and this weekend.

Lee County on Tuesday approved enacting a burn ban when conditions meet certain criteria, which could be imminent.

More funding targeting the drug overdose epidemic in Florida and the U.S. is being distributed to high-use areas. WGCU’s Cary Barbor has more.

A burn ban put into place by Lee County just a week ago has now been lifted due to rain.Lee County enacted the ban for unincorporated Lee County and municipalities due to increasingly dry conditions throughout Southwest Florida. The ban went into effect late Tuesday, June 4, when the drought index hit 600.

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to commit to a $500,000 dollar loan to support an application for a North Fort Myers affordable housing project Tuesday.Autumn Palm Lee, the company selected by the county for the project, is applying for funding through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. The loan, which is from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, will only be used if this application is accepted.

The Caloosahatchee River Bridge is two weeks into an expected multi-week construction project with eight weeks of closure remaining. Additionally, project managers said work accomplished in the past two weeks has advanced the project by 103 days.

The National Hurricane Center reports there are now two tropical waves under observation in the Western Caribbean and Eastern Atlantic Ocean.

Lee municipalities are hoping additional time to gather paperwork on rebuilding efforts post-Hurricane Ian will put them in the good graces of the federal government

Due to a rain event in the Gulf of Mexico, southwest Florida is under a heavy rainfall advisory until Wednesday. With heavy rainfall comes increased risks of flooding, and unsafe roads.