Lee County held its tax rate steady, but its budget is anything but flat. Spending will rise 8.5% to $3.27 billion, with capital projects jumping 61% and the Sheriff’s Office getting $345.4 million as commissioners brace for future revenue pressure.
Hurricane Ian wiped out Captiva Island Inn’s 10 cottages. Four years and about $6 million later, the first five replacements are ready for gue…
The City of Palms Classic has a $500,000-plus price tag — and a roughly $1 million economic impact for Lee County. Even with more Florida team…
Harpoon Harry’s is gone, but its waterfront space is back in business. Castaways has opened at Fishermen’s Village with room for 430, a staff …
A farm manager tied to Oakes Farms admitted falsifying crop-insurance claims that triggered more than $1.7 million in payments. Mark Frisbie i…
Marco Island’s aerial ladder truck spent 160 days out of service last year and another 67 days this year. With aging engines, transmissions an…
Punta Gorda officials are weighing tax relief against an uncertain financial future. City Council tentatively backed a 3.9928 millage rate as …
Lee County held its tax rate steady, but its budget is anything but flat. Spending will rise 8.5% to $3.27 billion, with capital projects jump…
Marco Island’s aerial ladder truck spent 160 days out of service last year and another 67 da…
Punta Gorda officials are weighing tax relief against an uncertain financial future. City Co…
After years of temporary meeting locations, Punta Gorda officials are back in their City Hal…
Harpoon Harry’s is gone, but its waterfront space is back in business. Castaways has opened at Fishermen’s Village with room for 430, a staff …
Hurricane Ian wiped out Captiva Island Inn’s 10 cottages. Four years and about $6 million la…
The nearly 40-year-old Naples Grande is undergoing the most extensive renovation in its hist…
Dutch Bros Coffee is eyeing the former Sonic site in East Naples, while Just Salad opens its…
Collier County’s pandemic-era property surge has shifted into reverse. Preliminary figures show real estate market values declined 3.23% in 20…
The Salvation Army paid $1.49 million for the longtime Kiwanis thrift store property in Lehi…
Dan O’Berski bought the former Fort Myers Cyclery building for $1 million and plans to turn …
Longtime Southwest Florida commercial real estate brokerage CRE Consultants has rebranded as…
Nearly four years after Hurricane Ian devastated Gulf Beach Condominium on Sanibel, construction is beginning on a $6.5 million replacement. T…
Lehigh Acres keeps adding residents, but the stores, restaurants and services they need have…
Whole Foods Market is set to anchor Vitano, a sprawling 82-acre mixed-use development planne…
Walmart is planning a roughly 175,000-square-foot Supercenter along State Road 82 near Lehig…
They’re entrepreneurs, executives, attorneys, educators and community advocates — and they’r…
Florida has made progress filling teacher vacancies and raising starting salaries, but educa…
Award-winning Naples chef Kayla Pfeiffer draws on childhood memories for a favorite dinner-p…
EmCyte founder Patrick Pennie has spent nearly three decades developing platelet-based regen…
Tampa General Medical Group opened a 6,100-square-foot medical center at Babcock Ranch, expanding healthcare options in fast-growing Charlotte…
HCA Florida Healthcare is investing about $300 million to build a new full-service hospital …
Lee Health is taking its regional expansion deeper into rural Southwest Florida. A $1.95 mil…
About 40,000 Haitian immigrants in Southwest Florida are losing Temporary Protected Status, …
Collier County is doubling down on Europe just as international tourism shows signs of a rebound. Commissioners approved $380,000 a year in re…
International visitor numbers to Collier County increased in June, marking the first year-ov…
Collier County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to raise the tourist development tax from 5…
Collier County commissioners will decide Aug. 25 whether to renew two international tourism …
