

Growth of a most welcome sort has taken wing in Cape Coral — its burrowing owl population is way up. The Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife released its Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Census for 2025 today and the news, they say, “is nothing short of remarkable.” Their effort counted 7,008 owls ...
The Cape Coral Police Department has a new K9 Unit recruit — a specially trained bloodhound named “Roo” whose sole mission is to help locate missing and endangered individuals and safely reunite them with their loved ones. "The 18-month-old bloodhound, who arrived at CCPD two months ...
Students will return to school Monday morning as the School District of Lee County continues to move closer to its goal of zero teacher vacancies — only 45 teacher spots remained as of Wednesday. “We are really excited. This time last year we were down 235 teachers. Hot off the press, two ...
Monday morning, as most Lee County schools kicked off the 2025-26 school year, a line of eager students and parents snaked around Trafalgar Elementary School at 1850 S.W. 20th Avenue. Older brothers held the hands of younger sisters, and cousins greeted one another enthusiastically as – one ...
Correspondence between the city of Cape Coral and the Department of Governmental and Operational Efficiency (DOGE) is now available to the public on CapeCoral.gov. "This new online resource supports transparency and open government by providing residents and stakeholders with access to DOGE's ...
Motorists should expect daytime lane closures on northbound SR 739 over the Edison Bridge between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. beginning today, Aug. 11. Work is anticipated to last approximately two weeks. Crews will be performing maintenance work. Motorists should be cautious and expect delays when ...
FORT MYERS — Due to unplayable field conditions and persistent weather, the series finale Sunday between the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels and Clearwater Threshers has been cancelled and will not be made up. The Mussels head to Daytona for a six-game series against the Tortugas, beginning ...
The Pine Island Eagle is grateful to a Good Samaritan from St. James City who found, and stored, the paper’s historic sign lost in Hurricane Ian after the Category 4 storm made landfall on Cayo Costa on Sept. 28, 2022. Jan Robertson said the storm had blown it into a neighbor’s yard and, ...