Punta Gorda

Sunseeker Resorts is a new line of luxury resorts planned to have locations throughout the U.S. Publisher Karen Moore spoke to employees and visitors about the future of the first resort that opened in Port Charlotte this past December.

The Association of Pickleball Players will host a five-day tournament at the PicklePlex in Punta Gorda Jan. 17-21 with more than 1,000 players expected to participate.Amateurs of all ages and skill levels can register until January 8 to compete alongside the sport’s elite professionals, including the first event of the 2024 Humana Cup pro team competition.

A precautionary boil water notice has been issued in Punta Gorda due to a water line break and repair located on Tropicana between West Marion Avenue and Via Esplanade.

Two Southwest Florida communities— Fort Myers and Punta Gorda — issued boil water advisories Sunday both due to water main breaks.

City and community leaders disagree over the future of the Cooper Street Recreation Center in Punta Gorda.

Dave Gammon, director of the Charlotte County Economic Development Office, spoke to a group of business professionals about the surge in growth of commercial development throughout the county.

Punta Gorda city council members consider more restrictions on short term rental properties.

A precautionary boil water notice for several neighborhoods in the City of Punta Gorda remains in place.

In my life, I have found myself as a colored, a negro, a Black, an African American, and a person of color. This is my reflection as a colored girl. Education had been a core value since the colored community in Punta Gorda was founded.

In my life, I have found myself as a colored, a negro, a Black, an African American, and a person of color. This story is my reflection as a colored girl. My mother, Bernice Andrews Russell is memorialized on a mural in Punta Gorda. She was my example of the colored woman that a colored girl like me must aspire to be.