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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).

The W.P. Franklin Lock on the Caloosahatchee River in Alva will be closed for one day to support maintenance on Jan. 18.

Diving operations will close the W.P. Franklin lock along the Caloosahatchee River on Tuesday

The W.P. Franklin Lock on the Caloosahatchee River in Alva will be temporarily closed on Tuesday.

Lee County Solid Waste to begin seasonal change to pickup schedule

Some areas of Lee County will see trash, recycling and yard-waste pickup begin an hour earlier starting May 1.

Lee County Clerk offers free property fraud alert

Lee County residents can check their property ownership quickly and easily.

Cape Coral has been named a Tree City World by the Arbor Day Foundation.

Cape Coral earns 2024 Tree City of the World recognition from Arbor Day Foundation

Cape Coral officials rescinded a mandatory boil water advisory due to E. coli found in the public drinking water system 18 hours after they imposed it

Precautionary boil notice lifted for neighborhoods off Orange River Boulevard east of Interstate 75

Residents can resume normal use after precautionary boil water botice lifted for neighborhoods off Orange River Boulevard east of Interstate 75

Consolidated Burger Holdings, a Burger King franchisee, owns 57 stories in Florida and Southern Georgia. Two of those stores are in Collier County, including this site off Immokalee Road in Naples.

Burger King franchisee with two Collier sites of 57 files bankruptcy

Consolidated Burger Holdings, which operates 57 Burger King locations — including two restaurants in Collier County — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

HSS at NCH, the new orthopedic hospital in Naples

NCH to open new, all-orthopedic hospital

A new hospital that will treat orthopedic issues exclusively will soon open its doors in Southwest Florida.

Lee County Black History Society hosts free Juneteenth event

The Lee County Black History Society is preparing to celebrate their annual Juneteenth event.

Bokeelia's Lavender’s Landing boat ramp closing temporarily for renovations, parking improvement

Lavender’s Landing boat ramp will remain open for upcoming Independence Day weekend but then close for renovations.

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