Election Day crowds expected despite record early votingVoters in Downtown Fort Myers ready for 2024 Election
Election Day crowds expected despite record early voting Election Day is nearly upon us. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the polls will be closed, and our team will bring you the results.
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Election Day crowds expected despite record early voting Election Day is nearly upon us. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the polls will be closed, and our team will bring you the results.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Voters in Downtown Fort Myers ready for 2024 Election A lot can change in four years. During the 2020 election, many voters masked up as they cast their ballots, and the pandemic was at the top of many voters’ minds.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda residents frustrated by hurricane debris delays Many people in parts of southwest Florida feel like they’ve dealt with more than their fair share of storm damage lately.
Miracle Moment: A rosy outlook following surprise diagnosis It’s time for Miracle Moment. Today, we meet a toddler diagnosed with a disease without known prevention or cure.
Poll workers ready for Election Day rush in Collier County Poll workers gear up for a busy Tuesday in Collier County; some have been there for a while, and this year marks their first time working at a polling place for others.
CAPE CORAL Voters decide: Will Cape Coral City Council members stay or go? Stipends, Jaycee Park and new developments have been topics of concern in the City of Cape Coral for months now.
MATLACHA Lee County residents still dealing with damage from hurricanes Hurricane recovery has been an ongoing project here in Southwest Florida since Hurricane Ian.
FGCU Former FGCU golfer Frankie Capan III makes PGA Tour After playing two seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour, former FGCU golfer Frankie Capan III is moving up to the PGA Tour.
Parents cast their votes for Lee County school superintendent With just hours now until the election, WINK News wants to highlight a few local races that haven’t gotten as much attention. One of them is the election of Lee County’s next superintendent of schools.
NORTH FORT MYERS Former Dollar General employee accused of stealing $7,000 in returns A woman has been arrested after defrauding a Dollar General in North Fort Myers.
FORT MYERS BEACH The Tropics and Red Tide; what happens if or when they interact? The Tropics are active despite the fact that there’s less than a month left in hurricane season. But how will a system interact with red tide?
CAPE CORAL Police investigate gunfire at Cape Coral rental home The bullet holes left behind by shots heard in a normally quiet Cape Coral neighborhood scared one woman into buying security cameras for her home.
CAPE CORAL Bimini Basin residents face housing challenges Time is running out for the families who live in one Cape Coral community to find places to call home.
Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on Election Day eve.
Using AI to detect pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. That’s due in part to the limited testing available for early detection.
Credit: WINK News. A “closed” sign now hangs in the terminal area of the Naples Airport. Crews have shut down the main building to start a massive upgrade, including more room for passengers. The $7.6 million project will take six months to complete. It’s being paid for exclusively by airport revenues. Other changes will be made to the lobby and the passenger lounge will be expanded. That work begins Monday. The timing of the construction is perfect, as season is over for the year, and the renovations should be done just in time for the Thanksgiving travel rush. The outside of the terminal building is being redesigned to give it a more Southwest Florida feel. Offices are also being upgraded. Zach Burch, communications manager for the Naples Airport Authority, said passengers will have to use the old commercial terminal for the time being. “From now until the fall, maybe early November, we’ll be operating out of here. Anyone who had previously gone over to the GA terminal will now have to come over here in terms of, you know, any flights coming in or out. So, if you’re dropping people off or picking people up, or flying in or out as well as people getting rental cars,” he said. It’s a busy day at the airport. Later Wednesday, the airport will host a virtual open house regarding a recent noise exposure study. There will be an in-person meeting Thursday. They want to hear from the people who have to hear planes coming and going all day in an effort to show the FAA that something has to change. One resident who lives nearby said he heard a plane at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday. Another said she’s tired of covering her ears. “If we’re sitting out on the lanai having dinner, you can’t hear the television. Sometimes I can’t hear phone calls,” said Beverly Baldwin, who has lived in the Kings Lake community for more than 20 years. Kings Lake is about a three-mile drive from the airport. “It’s loud because they come over my house pretty low.” WINK News used a decibel reader app on a phone to see how loud it was as planes left Naples Airport. We got readings in the 60s in Baker Park across the street from the airport. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says noise measuring in the 70s may damage hearing over a long period of time. A draft report from the Naples Airport Authority shows 104 different households filed 363 noise complaints last year. “That’s what we want to try and mitigate, especially in those areas, but even beyond the identified areas we still want to look at ways we can improve noise abatement as noise quality for anyone that lives around the airport,” Burch said. Baldwin has a solution she’d like to propose, one that will protect everyone’s hearing: “Keep it as the little airport it started out to be.” If you can’t take part in Wednesday evening’s meeting between 5:30 and 7:30, don’t worry – you can join the in-person event from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Baker Park Sugden-Gomez Center. It’s by appointment only. To sign up, go to the Fly Naples website.