Sanibel Island

Phase II of the City of Sanibel's beach renourishment project at Lighthouse Beach Park has resumed. Crews will continue to place the remaining 105,000 tons of sand on the bayside of Lighthouse Beach Park to strengthen the beach coastline and protect the Sanibel Lighthouse.

Red tide samples are coming up positive throughout Southwest Florida, but it's offshore where it's making an impact when anglers arrive to find out the organism got into the live wells and killed their bait.

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation is offering prizes and specials for new volunteers as the group continues to grow.

What to do with perfectly fine beach sand — once it's been cleared that it's really perfectly fine — depends on whom you talk to, and who pays

This year's sea turtle nesting season is going great, with a leatherback on Sanibel and early nesting throughout the region. But few turtle lovers forget last season when early signs were record-breaking but the season's results were heart-breaking

The Island Water Association on Sanibel has begun replacement of Hurricane Ian damaged infrastructure at the reverse osmosis facility and is asking residents to follow irrigation restrictions.The construction project will temporarily reduce the water utility’s treatment capacity, and has been timed to coincide with anticipated seasonal rains and off-peak residential water demands.

Local and state officials reviewed their experiences and lessons learned recently. Here are some of the takeaway notions from Karen Moore, publisher of Southwest Florida Business Today.

Kenneth and Eugene Gavin are part of the legacy of the Gavin and Walker families on Sanibel Island. The two families were among the first Black settlers on the island.

Sanibel's lighthouse beach parking lots will be temporarily closed Monday, January 22 through Friday, January 26 for beach renourishment work and lighthouse repairs.

Sanibel or ‘San-a-bull’? Video tells the tale of two island pronunciations