Happy Saturday, SW Florida!
Your weekend is looking very summerlike with daily storm chances with highs near 90 degrees.
Looking ahead to the workweek, the summer pattern continues with a storm chance each afternoon.
Meanwhile in the tropics, the Atlantic remains a ghost town thanks to another Saharan dust storm. No development is expected for the next 5 days, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t see any storms through the end of July. Enjoy the quiet while it lasts!
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Southwest Florida Event Center remains for sale, lands Melissa Etheridge concert
An on-again, off-again concert venue in Bonita Springs is on again but also for sale. The 20,000-square-foot Southwest Florida Event Center, which holds about 500 fans, is on the market for just under $6 million, co-owner Jennifer Shanahan said. David Wallace of CRE Consultants is the listed broker. “We are definitely torn about what is […]

New downtown Naples parking garage remains in agreement phase
The proposed First Avenue South public parking garage in downtown Naples is at its 60% design phase. The three story, four-level garage will be on the south side of First Avenue and to the west of Goodlette-Frank Road, next to the future Gulfshore Playhouse development. The parking lot is planned for 366 spaces with a […]

Russians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship remain
When night falls in Tatiana Trofimenko’s village in southern Ukraine, she pours sunflower oil that aid groups gave her into a jar and seals it with a wick-fitted lid. A flick of a match, and the make-do candle is lit. “This is our electricity,” Trofimenko, 68, says. It has been over 11 weeks since Ukrainian forces wrested […]

‘It’s him’: James Hurst’s remains identified on sunken Fort Myers Beach boat
The human remains found on a sunken boat Friday and investigated by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office have been identified. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, 72-year-old James Denny Hurst’s remains were discovered on Friday. Hurst’s daughter also confirmed the news on Twitter on Sunday, saying only, “It’s Official. It’s him.” Hurst’s remains were […]
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Warm, humid Monday starts the workweek
High temperatures will climb into the upper 80s and 90s under partly cloudy skies. It will be a humid afternoon, so expect the temperatures to feel slightly warmer during peak heating. Winds will blow out of the south at 5 to 15 mph.