Naples

In response to a sharp rise in antisemitism, communities are coming together to find solutions. A workshop organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Naples focused on exploring ways to foster safer environments for students.

A Naples photographer has released a book of local natural images, in time for Earth Day on Saturday April 22. WGCU’s Cary Barbor and Andrea Melendez tell the story:

The world’s largest pickleball event is happening this week in southwest Florida.

Disturbed weather developing in the Gulf of Mexico had meteorologists wondering if it would become the first tropical system there in April, one that might ease Southwest Florida's drought

The News-Press reported Tuesday afternoon that the Collier County Sheriff's Office confirmed the death of Eric Andrew Salata, 54, of Sanibel.

At a riverfront trailer park in Naples, residents are salvaging what they can from the wreckage of their homes. Polluted floodwaters inundated the neighborhood, making the mobile homes unsafe to live in and leaving some residents with nowhere else to go.

Latin American migrant workers help fill Florida's construction worker shortage. But many feel overlooked by hurricane relief — and demonized.

A rare orchid, which uses the skills of a magician to appear from nowhere and seemingly float in the air next to its host tree, is in bloom at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. The “ghost orchid” is the largest one ever discovered, and its blossoms draw international attention among the uber-enthusiastic world of orchid lovers.

One grocery store in a community of roughly 25,000 people. This community has a poverty rate of 32%. The majority of the population is either Black or Latino. The median household income is roughly $33,000 a year, just $7,000 above Florida’s federal poverty line.About 50 miles away in the same county, an affluent city bursts with life and luxury. The City of Naples has an average household income of $118,141 with a poverty rate of 8%.Social determinants of health are a major reason why people born in one part of Collier County are expected to live 15 years longer than those in other parts of the county, according to life expectancy estimates from the U.S. Census Tract and the National Center for Health Statistics.

Several areas in southwest Florida appeared high on the Wall Street Journal/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index.