Lee County

What can you recycle in Lee County? We visit Lee County Solid Waste Recycling Center to find out what should, and should not, be recycled and how people can make the most of their efforts to help the environment.

SWFL parents won't have to worry about their kids being well fed at school this year.

The City of Fort Myers is partnering with Lee County’s Solid Waste Division to provide a safe opportunity for hazardous waste disposal.

Florida's partnership with the Publix grocery store chain to administer COVID-19 vaccine doses is now expanding into Lee and Charlotte Counties.Beginning Thursday, Jan. 21, 32 Publix pharmacies throughout Lee County will begin offering vaccine doses to eligible people 65 and older, frontline medical workers and residents and staff of long-term care facilities.Seven Publix locations in Charlotte County are also set to begin administering vaccine doses on Thursday. 16 Publix pharmacies in Collier County joined the vaccine rollout effort last week.

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County and Lee County government announced, Tuesday, that about 5,800 COVID-19 vaccine doses will be administered this week.The vaccines will be administered Thursday, Jan. 21 and Friday, Jan. 22 at the county’s vaccine distribution site off Daniels Pkwy near Southwest Florida International Airport.

After seniors camped out in 50-degree weather overnight to wait in line for a COVID-19 vaccination, Lee County Manager speaks to the press.

At 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday Lee County officials tweeted all three COVID-19 vaccination sites in the county had reached capacity.

COVID-19 vaccines in Lee County were distributed for the second day Tuesday to frontline healthcare workers and to those 65 years of age and older.During a press conference, Lee County Board of County Commissioners chairman Kevin Ruane said vaccination sites reached capacity early in the day.

More than 100 people gathered in Fort Myers Monday night for the Lee Homeless Coalition’s 24th Annual Vigil for the Homeless.

A red tide bloom has been spotted near Bonita Beach Park in Lee County