It remains to be seen if Lee County will file a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers over its plan to manage Lake Okeechobee for the next decade. Army Corps Colonel Andrew Kelly presented the plan Monday in a 2-hour virtual meeting with stakeholders from all over the state of Florida.

(By Kim Ryan) The Caloosahatchee is a 67 Mile long river with three locks: S79 Moore Haven, S78 Ortona and S77 Franklin lock (located in Alva). When water is released on schedule from Lake O it is measured in cubic feet per second from S77 which is the lock that is closest to the Lake.

Lee Health CEO Dr. Larry Antonucci held a press briefing Monday to discuss the increased number of COVID-19 cases Lee Hospitals are seeing lately. He says it's becoming bleaker by the day and he's urging parents not to opt out of masks for their kids.

The battle over masks is heating up, especially in schools. Despite the Governor's Executive Order prohibiting mask mandates, the Lee County school district is requiring masks, but giving parents the option to opt-out.

In a special meeting on Saturday, the Sanibel City Council adopted an indoor mask requirement for everyone 2 years and older for all City Buildings open to the public.

A public hearing will be held before the Local Planning Agency this morning for a proposal to open an Adult Video Arcade at 185 Old San Carlos. We've included a Google Map photo of the location so you can see where the applicant is hoping to open the arcade.

As part of its long term vegetation management plan at the Big Carlos Pass beach (Carlos Pointe), FWC is looking for as much help as possible with manual removal of sandspur seed pods in and around the shorebird nesting colony.

Lee County Board Chairman Kevin Ruane was our guest for the entire hour. Water quality was the topic. With the Army Corps getting closer to making a final decision on LOSOM, Lee County may be getting closer to filing a lawsuit. FACEBOOK   YOUTUBE   PODCAST   SPOTIFY

Town councilman Jim Atterholt has been very vocal about how Fort Myers Beach is about to go through a Renaissance, both through private projects like Margaritaville, and public projects such as an upgraded Bayside Park and renovated Times Square. He does however, believe there are three issues that threaten that Renaissance.

Congressman Byron Donalds is hosting a Congressional Water Roundtable in Cape Coral Wednesday, August 10th at 6PM. The event will be held at the Cape Coral City Council Chambers and include Colonel Kelly from the Army Corps of Engineers.

We all saw the miles of dead fish. We smelled that awful smell. 2018 was a year everyone will remember when everything that could go wrong with the water did go wrong. A new report from the University of Florida details just how devastating the explosion of red tide was to our area.