The Cape Coral City Council unanimously approved a budget of more than $1 billion during its final budget meeting Thursday night.
The budget passed is $1,095,678,549, a 13.25% increase over the fiscal year 2023 budget.
The city’s General Fund component, which funds operations, was set at ...
Lee County - The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) has lifted the health alerts issued on June 29, July 5, July 7, and July 17 respectively, for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins at the following locations:
• Caloosahatchee River - Jaycee Park
• ...
Nearly one year ago, on Sept. 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Lee County and inflicted terrible devastation. Since that day, the Lee Board of County Commissioners and county staff across all departments have been working side by side with partners to help restore the community.
In ...
The city of Cape Coral has launched a public survey that will allow residents to provide input on the city's first Multimodal Transportation Master Plan.
Running until Feb. 2, 2024, the Multimodal Transportation Master Plan Survey is one tool the city will use to gather valuable feedback ...
After much discussion that ran the gamut from eliminating residential land from the Pine Island Road District to removing caps and building vertically, Cape Coral City Council agreed Wednesday to bring possible land use parameters within the corridor to a workshop.
Planning Team Coordinator ...
Lee County public school teachers continue to voice struggles with the pay they receive and the related challenges of living in Southwest Florida.
Many spoke during public comment at Tuesday’s school board meeting, saying the 8% pay increase shared with teachers the night before via email ...
To mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ian, the city of Cape Coral is organizing a community rally for a cause.
The “Cape Coral Together: Resilience Rally” will be held Friday, Sept. 29, from 6-10 p.m. at the German-American Social Club.
The event will feature live music from Deep ...
Are you strapping your child into their car seat correctly, or have the properly-approved apparatus?
These are questions that will be answered this Saturday at Cape Coral Fire Station 12.
Lee Health's Safe Kids SWFL, along with the Cape Coral police and fire departments, will host a “seat ...
The Cape Coral City Council eliminated the city’s long-standing Budget Review Committee Wednesday.
The original motion, to deny the elimination of the council-appointed panel, was made by Councilmember Tom Hayden. The motion deadlocked 4-4 and died.
Those who voted in favor of his motion, ...
Cape Coral City Council has opposed a proposed change to the Lee County Charter that would change the process for voluntary annexations.
The elected board on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution in opposition of a charter change proposed by the Lee County Charter Review Commission that ...