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Nationwide Day of Second Chances job fair planned Tuesday at Fort Myers location

Better Together to host Nationwide Day of Second Chances job fair on April 29 for Southwest Florida job seekers with barriers to employment

A project to add sand to an area on Captiva Island, from Blind Pass (above) north to Redfish Pass, is planned to start this summer. A special meeting on a tentative apportionment for the $25 million sand project will be held Monday at the Captiva Civic Association on Captiva Drive.

Captiva Erosion Prevention District plans beach project public hearing

The Captiva Erosion Prevention District will hold a public hearing Monday on a tentative apportionment for a beach renourishment project set to start this summer.The estimated $26.67 million project cost will be paid, partly, through special assessments imposed on the properties that benefit.

Cesar Chavez Day celebrates a lifetime fight for justice for farmworkers

Cesar Chavez Day celebrates the life and legacy of the labor rights icon.

Household chemical waste disposal is April 2 in Bonita Springs

Bonita Springs residents can safely dispose of household chemical waste such as paints, cleaners, herbicides, pesticides, automotive fluids and pool chemicals from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 2, at Bonita Springs Recreation Center.

Bonita Springs residents were hoping to get a resolution last week for a 14-mile linear park project that would connect the city to Florida’s statewide network of multi-use trails. But opposition to the project from some residents and pending studies must be resolved first. Residents of The Vines, a community split by railroad tracks to be used as the trail, urged that the trail ends at Estero Parkway, shown here.

Bonita Estero Rail trail organizers near $35.2 million pledge goal

Bonita Springs City Council pledges $17 million toward trail project.

Naples Airport Authority to test new flight arrival procedures Friday

An early-morning start for a test of new procedures at Naples Airport was scheduled to avoid conflicts with regular air traffic.

The Iran-Israel conflict has shuttered airspace across the Middle East as the two bitter enemies launch attacks and reprisals at one another. The worsening security situation has seen foreigners scramble to evacuate. But it’s a tough task with so much travel disruption in the region. One Tampa-area non-profit is working to bring Americans home.

Florida nonprofit coordinates evacuation efforts from Israel

As Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes, Florida locals are coordinating efforts to bring Americans back home.

Bear seen foraging near South Village dorms Monday, June 30.

Wandering black bear trapped on FGCU campus, relocated by FWC

FWC personnel trapped and relocated a black bear from the Florida Gulf Coast University campus on Monday.The trapping follows an alert and sightings of bears around campus in the past week.FGCU police report the animal has been relocated from campus to more suitable habitat.

The Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island area lead Southwest Florida in nonfarm employment for the year ending in February, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Naples is an outlier, lags behind state numbers in jobs growth

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report for the period ending in April 2025 shows Naples/Marco Island at a loss of .6 percent.

FWC seeks reports of sightings in Florida of rare rainbow snake

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking the public to report sightings of the elusive rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma), a nonvenomous species whose population has declined in recent decades.

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