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LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
WINK NEWS Getting an inside look at the FEMA discount controversy Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian has been difficult for many and moving on can impact our wallets.
FGCU FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff playing for hometown team after labrum injury FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff is living the dream playing for the hometown team after he overcame a labrum injury.
LEHIGH ACRES Frustrated Lehigh parents want action after violent school fights go viral online Violence at a Lehigh Acres Middle school was captured and posted online.
Turtle Club beachfront restaurant relaunches in Naples After a series of private friends and family events this week, The Turtle Club will reopen May 5 and begin taking reservations again May 6.
MGN Online WASHINGTON (AP) – The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday that U.S. efforts to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba and ease curbs on trade presents American companies with “extraordinary opportunities” to boost business by selling everything from cars to computers. Chamber president and CEO Thomas Donohue said President Barack Obama’s move last month to remake U.S.-Cuba relations was welcome after more than 50 years of failed interactions with the island nation 90 miles from Florida. “No matter what you are doing, if you are doing it for 50-plus years and it doesn’t work you ought to do something else,” Donohue told reporters Wednesday after delivering an annual “State of American Business” speech. Donohue’s comments placed him at odds with key Republican lawmakers such as House Speaker John Boehner and Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas. The Chamber of Commerce spent heavily in the midterm elections, investing $35 million to elect business-minded, predominantly Republican lawmakers. Donohue, who traveled to Havana last year, said the benefits of boosting trade with Cuba outweigh the risks. “It is time for us to move” on Cuba, Donohue said, noting the decades of pent-up demand in the communist-run country for consumer products such as computers, smartphones and cars. “Somebody is going to sell” the products to Cubans, Donohue said, “and it’s not going to be all us. Look at how many other countries” have already moved to increase trade with Cuba, including Russia and China. The chamber has long urged increased business ties with Cuba. Within a few weeks of Donohue’s visit last year, both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin traveled to Cuba in trips they said were focused on expanding commercial ties, not taking aim at the U.S. But Donohue said the U.S. should take notice of the interest in Cuba by potential U.S. rivals. “We don’t want to go back to a point where others who don’t wish us well, or who are competitive not in an economic sense but in a geopolitical sense, set up shop 90 miles from one of our major U.S. cities,” he said, referring to Miami. At the very least, the opening to Cuba should allow the United States to “sell a bunch of cars there” and even expand the antique car business, Donohue said. Meanwhile, Rubio and Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., called on Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to detail how the Obama administration plans to implement its plan to normalize relations with Cuba. Rubio and Coats expressed concern over what they called “stark differences” between the letter of the law and the administration’s announcement, and they urged the administration to clarify its legal authority regarding plans to ease U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba. “We are deeply concerned that several aspects of President Obama’s new approach to Cuba, especially those related to unilaterally easing U.S. sanctions, violate the letter and spirit of several U.S. laws, and increase the moral and financial risk to the American taxpayer and financial system of doing business through Cuba’s government-controlled financial system,” the senators wrote in a letter to Lew Wednesday. “We ask that you explain in detail how the Treasury Department plans to implement the president’s announcement under current law.”