Nicole Lauren

Students return to Collier County public schools in three days, and the district spent a lot of time focusing on just that first week to ease children back into classrooms. From the moment a child steps on the bus to the time they walk into their classroom, they’ll be safe, said Superintendent Kamela Patton. Of […]

Many of you know that after a storm like Hurricane Laura, help is greatly needed, and volunteers in Southwest Florida are ready to help those in Louisiana. The Collier County Salvation Army is preparing to deploy to the hardest-hit areas after the hurricane, a Category 4 when it made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana, early Thursday. […]

Shopping malls are quickly becoming a thing of the past as the pandemic forces stores to close for good, leaving empty storefronts. Some malls are implementing creative solutions to try and stay afloat. Simon Property Group owns Coconut Point in Estero along with many other properties. The company is transforming the retail industry, looking to […]

A piece of land so many people fought to protect has new owners. Lee County on Tuesday finalized its $6,050,000 purchase of Four Mile Cove in Cape Coral, and a lot of families who live nearby are thrilled. What was slated to be development along SE 24th Street will now stay as is, a relief […]

Monday is the first day of fall class for students at Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers. The school was one of the first in our area to reopen this summer for in-person learning during the pandemic and they’ve made a lot of safety changes over the past few months. One big way FSW […]

Florida Gulf Coast University is changing the way it alerts you to COVID-19 cases on campus. Instead of email, the school will be posting positive cases on the Protect the Nest webpage. Only a few days into the semester and the university has reported that some students and faculty have tested positive for the virus. […]

One of the many things the pandemic has taken from us: group gatherings, which has made it tough for nonprofits to raise money. The City of Naples has several concerts and events on the calendar a little over a month from now, but how dangerous are these large gatherings? “You get people congregating in a […]

Lee County teachers return to their classrooms Tuesday for a school year unlike any other. They haven’t walked the halls since March, and when teachers step back into their schools, they’re going to begin preparing for a very unique situation. The principal of South Fort Myers High School, Ed Matthews, said over that over the […]

Concerns over COVID-19 have many of you hesitant to go to a hospital and fewer children have been admitted to the ER since the pandemic began. Parents having concerns over the coronavirus is a top reason, and because kids aren’t getting the immediate medical attention they need, Golisano Children’s Hospital in Fort Myers said they’re […]

On Thursday, Southwest Florida is getting the first look at how the coronavirus is truly affecting our economy when it comes to tourism. The numbers from the Lee County Visitors and Convention Bureau show that in the first three months of this year, visitor spending was already down 13.5% over last year. Local hotels are […]