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'Elevate Florida' program to be held on Marco Island on March 19

The Florida Department of Emergency Management is providing information and assistance on “Elevate Florida” for Marco Island residents on March 19th.The program is designed to protect homes and communities by reducing damage caused by natural disasters and flooding.

Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency's access to Social Security data. Rallies are planned Friday in Naples, Miami and Pensacola and Saturday in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Coast against possible cuts in Social Security and Medicare.

Rallies to protest Social Security, Medicare cuts planned Friday in Naples, Miami and Pensacola

A rally to protest possible cuts in Social Security and Medicare will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Naples Hilton, 5111 Tamiami Trail North in Naples.

Non-tropical system forms off U.S. coast; could form tropical, subtropical characteristics

A non-tropical area of low pressure is forecast to form near or offshore of the southeastern U.S. coast during the next two to three days.

The Escribano Point WMA encompasses approximately 4,129 acres in Santa Rosa County and stretches along the Blackwater and East Bay. Its shoreline protects over 10 miles of northwest Florida coast and is host to numerous imperiled species. FWC photo

Prescribed burn planned today on 900-acre CREW area in Collier Co.

The South Florida Water Management District plans to conduct a 900-acre prescribed burn in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Management Area in Collier County today. (Friday, April 11).

The W.P. Franklin Lock on the Caloosahatchee River in Alva will be closed for one day to support maintenance on Jan. 18.

Diving operations will close the W.P. Franklin lock along the Caloosahatchee River on Tuesday

The W.P. Franklin Lock on the Caloosahatchee River in Alva will be temporarily closed on Tuesday.

Cape Coral has been named a Tree City World by the Arbor Day Foundation.

Cape Coral earns 2024 Tree City of the World recognition from Arbor Day Foundation

Cape Coral officials rescinded a mandatory boil water advisory due to E. coli found in the public drinking water system 18 hours after they imposed it

Precautionary boil notice lifted for neighborhoods off Orange River Boulevard east of Interstate 75

Residents can resume normal use after precautionary boil water botice lifted for neighborhoods off Orange River Boulevard east of Interstate 75

Consolidated Burger Holdings, a Burger King franchisee, owns 57 stories in Florida and Southern Georgia. Two of those stores are in Collier County, including this site off Immokalee Road in Naples.

Burger King franchisee with two Collier sites of 57 files bankruptcy

Consolidated Burger Holdings, which operates 57 Burger King locations — including two restaurants in Collier County — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Cars pass a panther crossing sign along Corkscrew Road, Lee County Florida. This area is the proposed area for the Kingston development, prime panther habitat.

New Florida requirements for teen drivers 15-17 extended to Aug. 1

A new Florida law adds driver’s education requirement for teen drivers. The date for complying is now Aug. 1.

New Florida requirements for teen drivers 15-17 in effect July 1

A new Florida law adds driver’s education requirement for teen drivers.

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