Hurricane Recovery

The service had been suspended in 2022 after Hurricane Ian trashed the island.

The Insurance Journal story said that at least two insurers in recent months — one in Lee County and another in Charlotte County — are seeking to eliminate one-way attorney fees.

Authorities have moved people out of tents and campers under the Matanzas Pass bridge leading onto Hurricane Ian-damaged Fort Myers Beach. About a dozen people had been living under the bridge. A few claimed they'd been there since October, right after Ian.

Karen Moore, publisher of Southwest Florida Business Today attended a commercial real estate professional meeting where she sought a response from Fort Myers Beach Mayor Dan Allers about recent comments from TPI Hospitality about their goals for the barrier island.

The responsibility to carry the legacy of the Fort Myers Beach community lays on three Estero Island Historic Society board members. And they're looking for help.

Officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development came to Fort Myers Beach Wednesday to make the announcement: Floridians impacted by Hurricane Ian may have an opportunity to rebuild the homes and lives with a federal infusion of $2.8 billion in cash. Of that, Lee County will get $1. 1 billion.

As the barrier islands of Sanibel and Captiva continue to assess the damage to homes and businesses after Hurricane Ian, some community organizations and concerned citizens have joined to create the SanCap Citizens for a Resilient Future. Their goal is to spark conversations on how to rebuild on the islands so that structures and people can become more resilient for future storms. The group recently hosted the first of two formal gatherings .

Naples mobile home residents feel helpless as community moves forward with post-hurricane rebuild.

The entrance to San Carlos Bay-Bunche Beach Preserve on John Morris Road will be closed every Tuesday and Wednesday beginning March 7 to allow the state’s licensed contractor to safely remove hurricane debris along the preserve’s coastline.

The access is at 5901 Bonita Beach Road, twenty feet off Bonita Beach Road on Lely Barefoot Boulevard.