Fort Myers, FL, Sept. 3, 2024 –

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to award more than $229 million in grants for about 20 public facility and infrastructure projects funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery allocation to Lee County.

7-31-24 - Around 3:00 pm afternoon an incident occurred in Bokeelia FL leaving one dead.

Editorial:

The 7/13/24 attempt to murder Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, suceeded in murdering one and critically injuring two others. There were other injuries in the crowd, but we don't know, as of this date how many there were.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY: UPDATE 6-25-24

Update 4/22/24:
24 year old Cody James Curtis from Cape Coral, has been arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's Dept. and charged with: Homicide-Manslaughter (DUI CAUSE DEATH TO HUMAN); 3 counts of (DUI AND SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO ANOTHER); 2 counts (DUI DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR PERSON OF ANOTHER)

Lee County reminds Pine Island residents two more opportunities exist on-island for in-person LeeCares assistance  

Fort Myers, FL, April 12, 2024 – Pine Island residents seeking assistance from LeeCares have two more opportunities complete an application with a case manager on-island. LeeCares case managers will be at the Pine Island Public Library, 10701 Russell Road, Bokeelia, on April 17 and April 24 from 10a.m. until 2:30 p.m. 

Monday 3-18-24, When attempting to login to their Lee County Electric Coop website and pay their monthly bill, some Windows desktop users got an error virus which looked like an official Microsoft Windows Warning (don't they all.) The virus locked up the monitor screen with blinking boxes and stated the the user's computer had been essentially hijacked, that the user should not turn off the computer and instead call a phone number to unfreeze the computer.

Pine Island / Matlacha motorists asked to be aware of temporary overnight lane closure due to emergency utility repair work