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Street crews work in LaBelle to repair a water main that forced water service to be shut off for the entire city.

Water restored in LaBelle after line breaks; boil water alert in effect

A water line break in LaBelle Monday forced the city to shut down service to the entire city for hours.The water main break was located at the corner of Bridge Street and Park Avenue.

Keep Charlotte Beautiful Tire Amnesty Day planned Jan. 25

Keep Charlotte Beautiful will be hosting a Tire Amnesty Day event from 8 a.m.-12 p.m., Jan. 25 at the Charlotte County Administration Center parking lot located at 18500 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte.

Interstate 75 widening project in Collier and Lee to start in 2026

Governor DeSantis mentioned the project in a social media posting.

A $30.7 million grant from the Florida Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program and matched by the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, funded the new $47 million Kermit H. Lewin Stock Island Reverse Osmosis Facility in the Florida Keys.

New reverse osmosis desalination facility opens in the Florida Keys

New disaster-resilient water treatment plant to serve Key West and the Lower Keys.

Days before this week's Alaska Forum on the Environment, the EPA said it was sending half of the people who had planned to attend. The nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Trump's pick to head the EPA, is still pending confirmation.

EPA Halves Staff Attending Environmental Conference In Alaska

The Trump administration's transition officials ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to cut its presence at the event. The team cited travel costs in explaining the abrupt move.

Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques has his blood sampled on board the International Space Station for an experiment that examines the space-related changes that occur in blood and bone marrow.

Why do some people get rashes in space? There's a clue in astronaut blood

A new study of astronaut blood finds that space travel reduces the expression of 100 genes related to the immune system.

Coral rubble remains after "chopper" boats killed branching corals, which were subsequently further broken up by storm waves of blast fishing.

One Result Of China's Buildup In South China Sea: Environmental Havoc

China has been creating artificial islands out of reefs. Environmentalists say the process is killing off coral and giant clams.

Susannah Cogburn. The FGCU masters student recently was awarded $5,000 for further marine research.

Award will let FGCU masters student continue marine research

Local masters student Susannah Cogburn receives $5,000 as a research stipend from the Guy Harvey Foundation for marine research.

For some kids who grow up in poverty, the bond developed with Mom is especially important in dealing with stress.

To Spot Kids Who Will Overcome Poverty, Look At Babies

Researchers say that the heartbeats and breathing of babies may help identify the kids most likely to struggle with poverty later on. Biology matters, the scientists say, but so does baby's relationship with Mom.

Back to School with Delta Variant and No-Mask Edict

As students get ready to go back to school, the Delta variant of the Coronavirus has some parents nervous about sending their ineligible-for-vaccine kids into classrooms where Gov. Ron DeSantis had forbidden mask mandates.

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