The Florida EverGlades game against The Atlanta Gladiators on Saturday January 22nd at Hertz Arena will be a fundraiser for the Fort Myers Beach Lions. CLICK HERE to purchase discounted tickets with $5 from every ticket sold going to the Lions Club.

The Fort Myers Beach Art Association has announced the winners from its recently held show called Endless Beginnings. Kim Belange received the Best in Show-Lee Ackert Memorial Award for this photo called Home on the Beach. 

“Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge has announced the winners of its 29th annual “Ding” Darling Day Amateur Nature Photography Contest. First place went to Doug Meurer of Fort Myers for this portrait titled “Roseate Spoonbill & Reddish Egret.”

Governor DeSantis has and he's proposing gas tax relief he's hoping will save Floridians more than $1 Billion. On Monday DeSantis announced that during the upcoming legislative session, he's proposing a gas tax holiday that will save every Florida family up to $200.

The Sanibel Captiva Conservation Association will hold its 2021 annual membership meeting Tuesday, December 7th at 5:30 at the Bailey Homestead Pavilion on Sanibel. The hybrid meeting will also include an option to join by Zoom.

Over the weekend local residents, families and visitors filled Publix bags with books for $15 to raise money for the Friends of the Fort Myers Beach Library. $2,000 was raised from sales and donations.

The threat of rain did not deter the community from coming out to Lovers Key last Thursday night to taste craft brews, enjoy live entertainment and bid on auction items. Organizer Megan Allers says over $17,000 was raised for the Friends of Lovers Key.

If you've been to the intersection of Old San Carlos and Estero Boulevard at night you've probably noticed the amber lights above the new traffic signal. There's a growing number of people on the beach who believe these amber lights will eventually be the lights we'll see up and down all of Estero Boulevard. Here's what we know.

At 5:45 PM Thursday evening the Fort Myers Beach Fire Department was called to a sail boat on fire by The Pink Shell Marina. The boat was towed into the Back Bay and extinguished by neighboring fire boats. FWC and USCG is investigating. There were no fatalities or injuries.

Thursday morning vandals cut the logos out of the Margaritaville decorative fencing surrounding the construction site on Fort Myers Beach. TPI says it has video footage of the vandalism and a police report was filed. TPI has ordered new screening and it will be replaced upon arrival.

Last night the Lee County Utilities department rescinded its precautionary boil water notice for 725 residences and 35 businesses on Fort Myers Beach. The county says the water is safe for normal use and consumption.

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation has selected James Evans as its next Chief Executive Officer. Evans will take over for Ryan Orgera who announced last month he was taking another job.