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The new FGCU Women’s Basketball coach, Raina Harmon, was introduced to the community on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at Florida Gulf Coast University.

FGCU's new women's head basketball coach introduced

FGCU's New Women's Basketball Head Coach, Women's Basketball FGCU, Raina Harmon

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent walking past is reflected in the window of a helicopter at Homestead Air Force Base ahead of a press conference by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Homestead, Fla.

Florida Gulf Coast University has joined the growing list of institutions formalizing partnerships with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Compared to other major Florida universities, FGCU houses a relatively high percentage of its student population. About 31% of FGCU students live on campus, compared to roughly 20% at the University of South Florida (7,500 beds for about 50,000 students) and just 18% at the University of Central Florida (12,280 beds for nearly 70,000 students).

Left in Limbo: FGCU students face housing uncertainty amid growing waitlist

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2025 Florida Python Challenge registration now open; $10k for the winner

Registration for the 2025 Florida Python Challenge is open. The event, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the South Florida Water Management District, encourages the removal of invasive Burmese pythons from the Everglades and its surrounding land.

Rising 7th, 8th, and 9th graders are eligible to participate.

Annual FGCU coding camp brings computer language, artificial intelligence education to students

Florida Gulf Coast University’s math department is hosting its annual coding camp from June 30 to July 3. The camp focuses on the coding language python, game-building, artificial intelligence and guest sessions with industry professionals. Rising 7th, 8th, and 9th graders are eligible to participate.

The high-volume discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee down the Caloosahatchee River that have been a mainstay for months to lower the depth of the lake before hurricane season will come to an end this weekend

Army Corps to stop sending polluted Lake Okeechobee water down Caloosahatchee River

The Army Corps has been sending Lake O water down the Caloosahatchee River for months to lower the depth in the lake, which harms the estuary.

An explosion used to blast a canal that will lead to the Everglades super-reservoir, which will be part of the 17,000-acre complex of manmade wetlands to treat nutrient pollution from water released from Lake Okeechobee before it's released to the south, restoring a portion of the original flow through the River of Grass

Appeals court rules against sugar industry in quest to secure water meant for Everglades restoration

An appeals court rules the sugar industry could not take water meant for the Everglades when the EAA is completed in about a decade

Financial Wellness Summit returns April 10 to Florida SouthWestern

An opportunity to get expert tips to help improve your overall financial wellness while learning how Lee County tax dollars are managed, spent and invested will be available at a free Financial Wellness Summit April 10 from 9 a.m.-noon at Florida SouthWestern State College .The 9 a.m.-noon summit is hosted by Lee County Clerk & Comptroller Kevin Karnes.

Reclaimed water plants that provide highly treated wastewater to homes and businesses throughout the state will be receiving some of the water quality improvement grants announced by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week

DeSantis sending $25 million to region for Caloosahatchee River watershed improvements

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has earmarked $25 million for water-quality improvements to the Caloosahatchee River watershed

Pine Island Bridge concrete pour tentatively set for 2 a.m. Friday

The concrete pour for the Little Pine Island Bridge is now tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 28, at 2 a.m. When work resumes, crews will pour more then 300 yards of concrete for the deck slab, requiring approximately five hours to complete.

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