Sanibel Island

The South Seas Group has been battling residents and civic groups on Sanibel and Captiva as it tries to persuade the Lee County Board of County Commissioners to sign off on a deal that would significantly expand the number of people at the resort.South Seas encompasses the northern third of Captiva Island.To get to Captiva by car, you have to drive through Sanibel Island. Both islands swell significantly during the winter tourist season.

A swath of red tide stretching for more than 200 miles has formed from Tampa Bay to Key West and the bloom started near Tampa Bay shortly after Hurricane Milton in October.

It will soon be a new day in the treatment of sick and injured sea turtles at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel Island. Hurricane Ian devastated the nonprofit wildlife hospital in September 2022

The Island Water Association distribution crews were onsite Thursday for an emergency water main repair near the intersection of Wulfert Road and Sanibel Captiva Road.

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.