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Voters in three Colorado counties will decide in November whether to form a special tax district to fund child care, which is becoming less affordable for families in the state.

When author and educator Carole Burns’ father Frank passed away earlier this year she found a small, simple notebook amongst his things that he’d carried with him during his time as a volunteer at the slough, where he’d led tours since 2001. She wrote an essay about finding that notebook and sent it our way, so we thought it would be a good reason to have a conversation about what the slough meant to her father, and what finding that notebook meant to her — and what the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve has meant, and means, to so many of the people who’ve visited it over the past nearly half-century.

Three more branches of the Lee County Library System will open Monday, June 15: Bonita Springs, Lakes Regional Library, and North Fort Myers public library.

A student of Cypress Lake High School in Lee County died Tuesday from COVID-19 complications.

Lee County Solid Waste in partnership with Lee County Parks and Rec is hosting and Household Chemical Waste collection on Thursday April 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Lehigh Acres at Veterans Park Recreation Center, 55 Homestead Road South.

South Florida Sun Sentinel photojournalist Amy Beth Bennett snapped these shots in areas around Lee County affected by Hurricane Ian.

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks with Tina Castelan, a former librarian for the Llano County Library System in Texas, about the continuing fight over certain titles on the library's shelves.

“Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life” debuted in Fort Myers during Fringe Fort Myers in 2024. The show’s originator, Keith Alessi, returns this week as part of Theatre Conspiracy’s Farewell Tour. Alessi’s four performances will benefit six local nonprofits.

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A Leon County judge on Friday quickly rejected a Florida Senate request to bring in an outside expert to redraw the Senate's 40 districts. Leon County...