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  Some people still without internet after Hurricane Ian have been cut off from communication for nearly two months. One man in St. James City depends on that online infrastructure to help people and only had his connection restored on Sunday. Without the internet, David Sperling says he cannot do his job. David works with […]

A Cape Coral Comcast facility lost over $58,000 in equipment and damages after 11 trucks were burglarized in its parking lot Sunday morning. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, the Comcast facility at 1418 SE 10th St. contacted police at around 7:45 a.m. about multiple vehicle burglaries. An employee reported that 11 trucks in […]

Fort Myers Broadcasting Company, the parent company of WINK-TV and an affiliated company with Gulfshore Business, just paid $18.5 million for its future new home and broadcast center.    The 57,260-square-foot building and adjacent 5.6-acre parking lot, 12641 Corporate Lakes Drive, previously had served home to a Comcast service and dispatch center. The building is off […]

Many Comcast Xfinity customers are reporting outages across Southwest Florida Monday afternoon. According to downdetector.net Orlando, Tampa, and down through the Southwest Florida coast all indicated user-reported outages. Customers are receiving the standard message, “We’re aware that you may be experiencing a service interruption and are working to resolve the issue… We apologize for any […]

A downed powerline is getting fixed off McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers after coming down Monday, causing trouble for local businesses. A truck hit the powerline, leaving a lot of caution tape surrounding part of the Key West Plaza parking lot. WINK News reached out to Florida Power and Light, Comcast, and CenturyLink, all of […]

Naples City Council met Thursday to extend the local state of emergency within the city and discuss a handful of issues the community is facing in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.  Naples City Manager Jay Boodheshwar was quick to mention the topic of debris on streets and how the utilities department in partnership with its […]

As your children head back to school, don’t forget about their lunch: In Lee County, every student is served free breakfast and lunch, but Collier County students will need a certain form filled out by Tuesday night. Free breakfast and lunch were benefits every Collier County student received because of the pandemic, but the benefit […]

The spreading of the antisemitic flyers is in question to whether it is an actual crime. There is a law on the books, Florida statute 784.084 says if someone purposely harasses someone over a period of time that person could face charges. But proving it and prosecuting it, that’s another story. Most of the attorneys […]

The City of Sanibel held a news conference on Tuesday to update the recovery efforts in one of the places where Hurricane Ian hit the hardest. Due to the damage the island sustained, the update was held in the Sanibel Room at the Crowne Plaza in Fort Myers. Sanibel Mayor Holly Smith said the city […]

The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy. The $1 trillion infrastructure package passed by Congress last year included $14.2 billion in funding […]