An injured manatee and her calf are recovering after authorities on a boat rescued them from the Orange River near Fort Myers ...

Florida State Attorney Amira Fox announced, “Operation Cybertip Surge”, a multi-jurisdictional collaborative effort to ...

An FWC spokesman said the agency will likely have an update on the number of manatees that died after FPL heat pumps failed ...

The Ag Expo and the Burrowing Owl Festival are among the top family-friendly activities happening this week in SWFL. Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall will host The Righteous Brothers and the ...

Demolition is approved for Fort Myers Beach Elementary, but the town and the school district are negotiating a $12 million plan to reopen it as a charter school.

The $100 million Bimini Square development has opened in Cape Coral, featuring apartments, dining and medical services. Multiple new businesses, including restaurants and a Pilates studio, are opening ...

Beach parking in Southwest Florida is becoming more scarce, expensive, and technologically complex. Many beachgoers express frustration with confusing payment apps and high fees, sometimes resulting ...

When the first real cold snap hits back in Olive Mannella's home state of Minnesota, the kind that makes you hunch inside your coat, the creator and soon-to-be-published author is usually elsewhere: ...

Lee County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man in a Jan. 11 Fort Myers Beach shooting death. Lee County sheriff's deputies about 1:30 a.m. responded to a shooting in the 400 block of Madison Court.

The Fort Myers Beach Observer and Beach Bulletin Best of the Beach Awards are back. After all of the returning and new businesses popping up lately around town, it is clear the time is now bring back ...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — The Town of Fort Myers Beach will begin issuing violation notices in the coming weeks to short-term rental properties that are operating without the required town registration ...

FORT MYERS, FL (WBBH via CNN) — Crews are intensifying their search for two men who went missing during a fishing trip. Their boat was found still running, with no one aboard, 70 miles off the coast ...