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Ozzie and Harriet were the North Fort Myers site's original bald eagle pair, making the nest their home every year from fall to spring since 2006. Ozzie was injured and died in fall 2015. Harriet & M15 bonded later in the fall of 2015. Cameras have watched the North Fort Myers eagle nest for 12 years.

Derrick Diggs, an Ohio native, had been chief of the Fort Myers Police Department for the past seven years.

A candidate for the position of Collier County School Board attorney withdrew his name, prompting the board to revisit posting the position again.

In a February 10th hearing, the Florida boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine agreed that transgender youth should not have access to hormone therapy, even in the context of a clinical trial.

Changes in election laws in 2021 affected vote-by-mail requests. One request for a vote-by-mail ballot will cover all elections through the end of the calendar year of the next scheduled general election.

Among the most watched statewide races in Florida’s Nov. 8 general election is the gubernatorial race to see if former governor Charlie Crist could overcome the hefty lead Republican Governor Ron DeSantis had as well as the challenge to Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio by Democrat and former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings.

Back in the primary season, a number of Democrats tried to boost far-right Republican candidates whom they deemed easier to beat in November. The strategy seems to have paid off.

Polling locations in Lee County have been reduced from 97 to only 13 due to impacts from Hurricane Ian. Lee County Elections officials are urging voters to cast their ballots before November 8 to avoid long wait times.

Unclaimed property is a financial asset that is unknown or lost, or has been left inactive, unclaimed or abandoned by its owner with the most common types of unclaimed property are dormant bank accounts, unclaimed insurance proceeds, stocks, dividends, uncashed checks, deposits, credit balances and refunds.

A two-week delay was announced shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday in the selection if a new president for FGCU. The selection, which had been planned for Wednesday, was delayed at the request of the state Board of Governors.