The number of COVID cases at Lee Health hospital facilities has dropped under 200 and elective surgeries are resuming according to Lee Health CEO Dr. Larry Antonucci.

On September 15, the Sanibel City Council narrowed their search for a new City Manager to five candidates, from the 96 who applied for the position. Two of the five finalists have withdrawn, leaving the council three to choose from to replace retiring City Manager Judy Zimromra. Here are the three finalists...

Fire Chief Ron Martin talks about taking over the job as Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief from Matt Love. Dan Spears from BMI is back to talk about the 2021 Island Hopper Songwriter Fest. FACEBOOK  YOUTUBE  PODCAST IHEARTRADIO  SPOTIFY 

The first Friday Yoga Happy Hour is this week at Lovers Key State Park. This class will be led by an instructor from the Saba Movement Center and FMB Yoga Project. The class will be one hour and the playlist will be beach music, of course.

The Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce October Coffee Connection will be at Bennett Chiropractic & Wellness Center and Smiles With Care Dentistry on Thursday, October 7th from 8AM to 9:30AM. Breakfast is free and both Chamber members and prospective members are welcome. REGISTER

Why are we even here? That was the question Fort Myers Beach Public Safety Committee member Dawn Thomas asked. Thomas said she was frustrated and dumbfounded by the way the town council negated them and threw the committee to the side.

We asked Florida Department of Transportation representatives to come on Beach Talk Radio this weekend to discuss the foot of the Matanzas Pass Bridge project. Here’s what they told us.

After a week of contract negotiations, Ron Martin was unanimously voted in this week as the new Fire Chief by the Fort Myers Beach Fire Commissioners. He replaces Matt Love who accepted a job in Minnesota.

(By Kim Ryan) This week, Florida Congressman Byron Donalds held a Water Tele-Town Hall meeting with the newly appointed commander of the Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, Colonel James Booth. They gave an update on LOSAM and Donalds was hit with questions about taking money from Big Sugar.

On June 16, 2020, SCCF staff affixed a satellite transmitter to a loggerhead sea turtle which had been nesting on Sanibel from 2018-2020. A month after she was tagged, the transmitter stopped sending signals. This month, the turtle SCCF named Junonia, phoned home…from Key West.