Voters in Downtown Fort Myers ready for 2024 ElectionPunta Gorda residents frustrated by hurricane debris delays
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.
the weather authority Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean The Weather Authority meteorologists are monitoring the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Rafael has formed.
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.
the weather authority Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean The Weather Authority meteorologists are monitoring the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Rafael has formed.
Amanda Price, new CEO of the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence. Credit: WINK News Amanda Price, the new CEO of the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence, spoke with WINK News about her new role, helping Florida shelters and rebuilding trust between domestic violence survivors and the state. Transforming from victim to survivor is a struggle Price knows firsthand. “It’s very common for survivors not to want to share their story,” Price said. “I had never discussed my history with anybody, I had never, never stated out loud, not to a single person in my life—any of the challenges that I experienced as a child and in my early dating life. And I think that’s very, very common. I was very afraid that people were going to view me as weak. And I worked very hard to be anything but.” Price took her trauma and turned it into a mission to help others. “I started about 25 years ago,” Price said. “I volunteered on a crisis line in Alaska.” From there, Price’s career took off. She became the director of the statewide rape crisis center in Alaska and was named the first senior adviser on issues of violent crime for the governor. Price worked with Crimes Against Children and Alaska’s special victims’ unit, eventually becoming commissioner for the Alaska Department of Public Safety. But COVID-19 brought Price and her family back to her home state of Florida. They now live in Collier County, and she’s CEO of the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence. Her motto? “The sky’s the limit.” “We’re able to build something that doesn’t look like any other state,” Price said. FPEDV is part of a federally recognized coalition. “The goal of a coalition is to serve the shelter programs throughout the state,” Price said. “To make sure that every shelter program and every county has access to funds so that they can serve survivors in their community.” Now, Price travels the state working with shelters and mending some fences. “What I’m focusing on right now is rebuilding trust, rebuilding relationships, making connections with legislators, answering questions, making certain that all of our policies, all of our finances are transparent, available,” Price said. “Rebuilding trust” because the state investigated the previous coalition and its CEO, Tiffany Carr. Carr was accused of misusing grant funds and receiving excessive compensation. Ultimately, the state and Carr reached a settlement requiring her and the coalition to repay the state and domestic violence centers millions of dollars. (WINK News attempted to reach out to Carr for comment and hasn’t heard back.) “From those ashes, we’re able to really build something brand new; we don’t have to do something that we’ve always done just because we’ve always done it,” Price said. “We are really able to stop, pause, and every brick that we lay in the foundation is meaningful and intentional.” Price says she’s ready for a new beginning and eager to help survivors of domestic violence get the help they need. “I think that there’s nothing more important in terms of serving survivors than for them to know that they have a safe place that they can go,” Price said. Price was hired in October 2022. FPEDV is up to four staff members and is providing five training sessions monthly. If you’d like to join in on the movement to end domestic violence, Price says you can post on social media with the hashtag #FloridaFreeFromDV. If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship and needs help, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.