State authorities have ramped up monitoring of the red tide in Florida, aiming to provide up-to-date information on the ...

All of these articles are available to read at news-press.com. This week we take a look at Sanibel, with excerpts ...

Local health departments advised people to stay away from more than a dozen beaches in Southwest Florida. Respiratory ...

This week we take a look at Fort Myers’ first tourist attraction, with excerpts from a February 2016 article by Cynthia A.

A new federal directive allowing immigration enforcement at schools has sparked fear and confusion in Lee County ... Bruno also pointed out that U.S. and Florida state laws prohibit the district ...

Establishing a Florida panther breeding population in Osceola County is a goal for state officials and environmentalists, but obstacles are formidable and time is running out for the endangered ...

Snow fell Tuesday throughout parts of northern Florida and the Panhandle ... This interactive map from the National Weather Service shows snowfall reports from the last 24 hours, as well as ...

Ronald "Lee" Stine was born on October 2, 1972, in Jacksonville, Florida, and passed away peacefully on January 12, 2025, in his hometown of Jacksonville. Lee is survived by his devoted wife of 22 ...

Lee County said the South Florida Water Management District "identified potential overuse of the Sandstone Aquifer." "Growth occurring in Lee County particularly Lehigh Acres, the Sandstone was ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Lee County School District is proposing changes to its bus routes, which means either your child's start or end times will be changing, if approved. The district says it's ...

A forecast from AccuWeather, shared with Newsweek, showed that for much of the Florida Panhandle, around 1-3 inches was expected. A snowfall forecast map from AccuWeather, for Monday night to ...