Firefighters with the Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District are conducting controlled burns on a building slated for demolition on Pearl Street. The controlled burns will last to noon today and will ...

News that Matanzas on the Bay was reopening this week as the rebranded “On the Bay” shook the Fort Myers Beach Observer ...

The Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club announced that registration has opened for the 14th Putt & Pub to be held Saturday, January ...

The Army has released the names of four soldiers killed Wednesday when the military helicopter they were on crashed near a ...

Floridians now have a government portal through which they can report threats of public violence. Attorney General James ...

Session for residents needing civil legal support, will emphasize post-hurricane issues With hurricane season underway, residents know Southwest Florida will likely see severe weather before 2025 ends ...

The League of Women Voters of Lee County will present an update on Florida Redistricting from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Oct. 4, at the Collaboratory, 2031 Jackson Street, Fort Myers. The link for ...

As the Town of Fort Myers Beach Council weighs a 16% millage rate hike for town property owners and cuts to its staff at Bay ...

Tests completed on September 17 by the Florida Department of Health in Lee County indicate that the water quality at Bowditch ...

The first of more than 130,000 dune and vegetation plantings have begun on Fort Myers Beach to supplement the sand ...

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to submit a request to use $7 million awarded to the county following ...

Edward Rood, who spent years in litigation with the Town of Fort Myers Beach to construct a boardwalk in the town’s ...