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A Red Flag Warning has been issued for today due to critically low humidity with gusty winds resulting in elevated fire danger in areas of Southwest Florida.The National Weather Service issued the Fire Weather Warning for an area including Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Manatee counties from noon to 8 p.m. today.

Sanibel's Natural Resources Department has been busy preparing for the final phase of the Lighthouse Beach renourishment project by preparing to plant nearly 30,000 pieces of dune vegetation. Yesterday, a team was out sorting, measuring, and preparing the area for plantings made on Thursday.

The South Florida Water Management District plans to conduct a 26-acre prescribed burn in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Management Area in Lee County today.. The burn unit is in the CREW Management Area, approximately 6 miles west of SR 82 and 1.3 miles south of Corkscrew Road. Smoke may be visible in the area of the burn.

Naples Zoo officials announced Friday morning that 16-year-old Masamba, their beloved African lion, had been humanely euthanized after suffering several age-related issues.

The U.S. Postal Service is hosting a virtual job fair on ZOOM from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 28 to fill immediate openings in a number of Southwest and Central Florida sites.

Lee County Utilities will end its routine free chlorine flush on May 21. It will convert its disinfection process back to the use of chloramines. The flush began May 1.

Motorists can expect lane closures during nighttime/overnight hours on northbound and southbound I-75 over the Peace River Bridge.Work will be conducted from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. Sunday, April 6 through Friday, April 11.

Students, parents and friends alike recently helped cheer on athletes from the Life Skills program in celebration of the 15th annual Inclusion Basketball Game at Fort Myers High School.

Conditions for a burn ban have been met; Lee County will continue to monitor conditions.

Four teams of artists are transforming the streets of Southwest Florida into an outdoor gallery, by creating large-scale public art as part of Artsemble Underground's 3rd Annual Southwest Florida Mural Fest.The muralists were selected after participating in Artsemble Underground's "Battle of the Arts."