In 2021, FWC issued over 14,000 citations to Florida boaters. One third of those were directly related to safety equipment and registration. You can avoid being part of those statistics this year by having your vessel checked by the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

The Pink Shell Resort on Fort Myers Beach announced Thursday that they are now accepting room reservations. There might be limited resort amenities but the beach is clean and beautiful. Make your reservations HERE.

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County has issued health alerts for the presence of a red tide bloom. An alert level of red tide was found near Lynn Hall Park on Fort Myers Beach. This is in response to water samples taken on February 13, 14, and 15.

According to a local resident near the Beach Theater on Estero Boulevard contractors were at this location on Sunday removing mangroves and digging the canal out. They were working in the mangroves until 11pm Sunday.

If you're living in a tent on your own property while you rebuild because you lost your house in the storm you may soon be told to fold it up and move along.

Waterfront dining returns to San Carlos Island with the reopening of Parrot Key Caribbean Grill today. Five months after Hurricane Ian caused heavy damage to the popular restaurant, located at Salty Sam’s Marina, they are ready to welcome their customers back.

Nearly every structure on Fort Myers Beach, both residential and commercial, suffered some sort of damage from Hurricane Ian. Some of it was wind damage, some of it was water damage, some of it was both. A lot of it was devastating.

The Lee Country Board of Commissioners have approved the construction contract for a new Big Carlos Pass Bridge. The bridge connects the south end of Fort Myers Beach to Lover’s Key on Estero Boulevard and will cost $90.8 million to replace.

We got the tour of the 12-acre Ocean Harbor condos on Saturday morning. The property sustained a lot of damage, from losing all of their docks to a water logged clubhouse that needs to be rebuilt. Even with all that damage, the association is moving fast to make repairs and get residents back in their units. Watch our tour on Facebook

(By Christy Hennessey) Almost all of the public Park structures except the “New” Welcome and Discovery Center, were destroyed by the hurricane, so we will be reopening with portable restrooms or a restroom trailer.  The Ranger Station will have a temporary structure until it can be rebuilt.

Nearly five months after hurricane Ian, and three months after FEMA told local municipalities to use Lee County Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell's home valuations, FEMA now says Caldwell's calculations are invalid.

This week FEMA dropped a bomb on Fort Myers Beach and all of Lee County when it changed the 50% rules nearly 5 months after the storm. This week we interviewed Mayor Dan Allers and Town Manager Keith Wilkins (HERE) and Lee County Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell (HERE) to discuss how the changes impact you.