

The burrowing owl is Cape Coral’s official city bird, and that proclamation was only bolstered following the results of a recent owl census. The results are in from the 2025 Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Census, and the numbers are nothing short of remarkable, as 7,008 owls were counted during ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Con-servation Commission is asking the public to report sightings of the elusive rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma), a nonvenomous species whose population has declined in recent decades. Rainbow snakes are semi-aquatic reptiles that primarily feed on American ...
cjhaddad@breezenewspapers.com A school bus was involved in a crash Tuesday morning in Cape Coral, though no students were present on the bus at the time of the incident. According to Cape Coral Police Department officials, the two-vehicle crash happened near the 2500 block of Del Prado ...
A joint project of Florida Gulf Coast University and Babcock Ranch will receive $21.7 million in state funding for the first phase of a planned “premier learning, research and outreach facility.” “This announcement builds on the formal partnership signed in 2023 between FGCU and ...
The Teachers Association of Lee County asserts that there is a serious discrepancy between the School District of Lee County’s public claims of having a certified teacher in every classroom and the reality inside its schools. According to statement issued by TALC today, “while the district ...
A long-standing harborer of veteran memorabilia, history, and more with ties to Cape Coral recently announced it has officially closed its doors. In a social media post, the Southwest Florida Military Museum, formerly located in the South Cape and most recently in the Edison Mall in Fort ...
Tuesday Volleyball Oasis 3, LaBelle 1: The Sharks took the last two sets to pick up a road win (25-15, 20-25, 25-16, 25-12) in the season opener for both teams. Tessa Bexfield had 12 kills and 18 assists, Jordan Baksh made 16 kills and Ellye Henkle added 11 kills. Ida Baker 3, Lehigh ...
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, ...