Hendry County

UPDATE: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the final count for the hunt was 298 bears. Florida ended its first black bear hunt in…

Hendry County concluded an investigation Wednesday into two local primate breeding facilities. The county was concerned the companies were performing…

Hendry County Commissioners signed off on the first step Tuesday of a new process for approving power plants. Florida Power and Light submitted the…

Note: Audio to come.Florida Power and Light is asking to amend Hendry County's comprehensive plan. It would create a new process for approving power…

UPDATE: A representative from the National Institutes of Health wrote in an email HHS is currently investigating Primate Products. None of the Congress…

The practice of breeding monkeys for research in Hendry County has reached such a level it’s led the media to say the rural area east of Fort Myers either…

Primate Products, a primate breeding facility in Hendry County, was recently inspected by the United States Department of Agriculture.The inspection comes…

A handful of protestors gathered outside of the Hendry County Courthouse Tuesday over the increasing number of primate breeding facilities coming to the…

State Sen. Dwight Bullard, D-Miami, is weighing in on a recent lawsuit against Hendry County over a new primate breeding facility being built…

An animal rights group has filed suit against Hendry County. The group said the county broke the Sunshine Law when it approved a permit to build a primate…