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FGCU soccer team seeded third; Assistant baseball coach awarded

The Florida Gulf Coast University women’s soccer team has earned the number three seed for the 2023 ASUN Tournament which begins this Thursday, Oct. 26.FGCU’s Assistant Baseball Coach Steve Mckee has been named Eagle of the Quarter. Mckee is entering his fifth season with the Eagles and seventh overall.

All Lee schools stocking Naloxone to combat potential opioid overdoses

Lee County School District begins distribution of Naloxone to all schools to combat potential opioid overdoses

ECHO delegates attend a workshop with Philip Deal at the International Conference in North Fort Myers. ECHO hosted nearly 200 people and delegates from 25 countries at the conference.

ECHO hosts delegates from 25 countries at international agriculture conference

Nearly 200 people from 25 countires gathered in North Fort Myers recently for an international conference focusing on hunger and related topics.

American Contract Systems, Foret Myers plant

EPA/DEP representatives meet with concerned residents about carcinogenic air pollution at Central Fort Myers plant

For more than a decade, a medical device equipment sterilization plant emitted carcinogenic air pollution in Central Fort Myers, creating an increased lifetime cancer risk for those exposed. On Nov. 1, officials with the EPA and the Florida DEP met with concerned residents. WGCU’s John Davis gets details in a conversation with News-Press Senior Writer Amy Bennett Williams, who has been covering this developing story.

Governor signs order suspending Cape Coral councilmember after her arrest on felony charges

A Cape Coral councilmember who was arrested earlier in the week on several felony charges stemming from alleged false information and other activities related to her election was suspended by executive order of the governor.

HEROS program helps Cape Coral police in drug overdose situations

Cape Coral City Council recently approved a bid from the Cape Coral Police Department to participate in a Florida Department of Health program that prevents opioid-related deaths.The Helping Emergency Responders Obtain Support Program, or HEROS, provides free doses of naloxone, better known as Narcan, to participating emergency response agencies. Narcan is a nasal spray that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, and has the ability to save lives.

Computerized Model Reveals Details Of How Human Cells Divide

The nonprofit Allen Institute in Seattle has produced a visualization of human cell division that promises to be useful for professional scientists and curious amateurs alike.

Local Red Cross volunteers and staff visited 31 homes in the Harlem Heights community and successfully educated 103 residents on the importance of fire safety and the steps they should take in case they experience a home fire.

Red Cross installs 91 smoke alarms in Harlem Heights area through Home Fire Campaign

Local Red Cross volunteers and staff visited 31 homes in the Harlem Heights community recently and successfully educated 103 residents on the importance of fire safety and the steps they should take in case they experience a home fire.

Florida Rep. Adam Botana no longer pushing for Captiva Conservation Area designation

Representative says he's taking a wait and see approach

Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife are concerned that crews apparently cleaning debris from Hurricane Ian out of city canals are also destroying burrowing owl and gopher tortoise burrows

Blue-green algae detected near Midpoint Bridge in Cape Coral

Blue-green algae has been detected for the first time this year in canals near the Midpoint Bridge into Cape Coral and the Florida Department of Health issued a warning

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