Sanibel residents recovering from Helene two years after IanFort Myers Beach seeking to avoid unnecessary traffic after Helene
SANIBEL Sanibel residents recovering from Helene two years after Ian Due to Helene, The City of Sanibel has postponed a two-year Ian celebration and turned the event into a cleanup.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach seeking to avoid unnecessary traffic after Helene The town of Fort Myers Beach is asking some people not to visit the island.
CHARLOTTE HARBOR Historic home and lives upended in Charlotte Harbor flooding While Hurricane Helene was not expected to cause a life-threatening storm surge in the county, the residents were walloped by rising flood water.
Dekle Beach Gov. DeSantis reviews the damage done by Hurricane Helene Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news conference in Dekle Beach.
Tracking power outages after Helene There are still several thousand neighbors in southwest Florida without power as of Saturday.
The Weather Authority The Weather Authority: Scattered rain and storms throughout your Saturday The Weather Authority is tracking scattered rain and storms throughout your Saturday afternoon.
Southwest Florida remembers Hurricane Ian 2 years later; what happened before and after the storm The storm that had devastated Southwest Florida, Hurricane Ian, has now reached its 2nd anniversary of landfall.
High School Football Scoreboard Week 6 Hurricane Helene couldn’t keep all the Friday night lights off in Southwest Florida. Week 6 was a loaded slate included a classic in the WINK News Game of the Week.
BONITA SPRINGS Bonita Springs begins clean up operations On Friday, the Department of Transportation pushed sand off the road on Hickory Island after Hurricane Helene ripped through
MANASOTA KEY Manasota woman recovers after home destroyed by Helene Whipping winds – the sound of Hurricane Helene ripping through Manasota Key, as swells smashed into the island. Even so, Marsha Viglianco stayed to watch from her back porch.
El Jobean residents fighting to recover from Helene In Charlotte County, people living in El Jobean are in recovery mode Friday night. Many were flooded out of their homes, and now they’re figuring out their next steps.
NAPLES Restoration efforts begin in the aftermath of Helene in Collier County Helene gave Naples Beach flash flooding a debris Thursday night.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda couple deals with flooding after Helene A Punta Gorda couple is recovering as the storm surge from Helene went through their dream home.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Flooding affects business in downtown Fort Myers In downtown Fort Myers, the streets may be drying up, but for one business owner on Bay Street, the true struggle is just getting started.
BONITA SPRINGS Damage in Bonita Springs from Helene It seems like nearly every place on the water was left with significant damage. In Bonita Springs, storm surge pushed into the city.
SANIBEL Sanibel residents recovering from Helene two years after Ian Due to Helene, The City of Sanibel has postponed a two-year Ian celebration and turned the event into a cleanup.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach seeking to avoid unnecessary traffic after Helene The town of Fort Myers Beach is asking some people not to visit the island.
CHARLOTTE HARBOR Historic home and lives upended in Charlotte Harbor flooding While Hurricane Helene was not expected to cause a life-threatening storm surge in the county, the residents were walloped by rising flood water.
Dekle Beach Gov. DeSantis reviews the damage done by Hurricane Helene Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news conference in Dekle Beach.
Tracking power outages after Helene There are still several thousand neighbors in southwest Florida without power as of Saturday.
The Weather Authority The Weather Authority: Scattered rain and storms throughout your Saturday The Weather Authority is tracking scattered rain and storms throughout your Saturday afternoon.
Southwest Florida remembers Hurricane Ian 2 years later; what happened before and after the storm The storm that had devastated Southwest Florida, Hurricane Ian, has now reached its 2nd anniversary of landfall.
High School Football Scoreboard Week 6 Hurricane Helene couldn’t keep all the Friday night lights off in Southwest Florida. Week 6 was a loaded slate included a classic in the WINK News Game of the Week.
BONITA SPRINGS Bonita Springs begins clean up operations On Friday, the Department of Transportation pushed sand off the road on Hickory Island after Hurricane Helene ripped through
MANASOTA KEY Manasota woman recovers after home destroyed by Helene Whipping winds – the sound of Hurricane Helene ripping through Manasota Key, as swells smashed into the island. Even so, Marsha Viglianco stayed to watch from her back porch.
El Jobean residents fighting to recover from Helene In Charlotte County, people living in El Jobean are in recovery mode Friday night. Many were flooded out of their homes, and now they’re figuring out their next steps.
NAPLES Restoration efforts begin in the aftermath of Helene in Collier County Helene gave Naples Beach flash flooding a debris Thursday night.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda couple deals with flooding after Helene A Punta Gorda couple is recovering as the storm surge from Helene went through their dream home.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Flooding affects business in downtown Fort Myers In downtown Fort Myers, the streets may be drying up, but for one business owner on Bay Street, the true struggle is just getting started.
BONITA SPRINGS Damage in Bonita Springs from Helene It seems like nearly every place on the water was left with significant damage. In Bonita Springs, storm surge pushed into the city.
IMMOKALEE Immokalee Foundation helps students learn skills for after high school The Immokalee Foundation has found a creative way to bring internships to students, providing hands-on experience and helping teens identify what they want to do after high school. Jesus Mancilla is a junior in high school, but he already has an idea of what he wants to do: he’s thinking about becoming some sort of […]
NAPLES Naples Winter Wine Festival auction raises millions for kids in Collier County The Naples Winter Wine Festival auction’s headline event got underway on Saturday. WINK News anchor Therese O’Shea was there as the paddles went up and the wine began to flow. Sitting in on one of the highest-end biggest live auctions in the country makes it easy to see why patrons, donors, trustees and volunteers are […]
NAPLES Able Academy in Naples helps diagnose boy with autism at 4 years old Helping nearly 300,000 children since it started, the Naples Winter Wine Festival begins on Friday. The foundation behind it is refocusing on education, not just in the classroom, but from birth. One little boy has this early learning to thank for a critical diagnosis. Claudia Hernandez started noticing some unusual behavior from her 4-year-old son […]
NAPLES Able Academy helps child with autism flourish One little boy is learning and growing successfully, thanks to a critical diagnosis. Last year, four-year-old Matthew Alvarez couldn’t talk and didn’t want to play with other children. The staff at Able Academy in Collier County got right to work after a pediatrician diagnosed Matthew with autism. The small class sizes and one-on-one attention is […]
NAPLES 2022 Naples Winter Wine Festival “Rise Up – Twenty Twenty Twogether” lots preview Southwest Florida’s largest fundraiser, the Naples Winter Wine Festival, is back this season and just announced some of its exclusive auction lots. Imagine traveling between exotic destinations in Croatia on your very own motoryacht, fly fishing and golfing at amazing locations in New Zealand or enjoying rare fine wines from some of the world’s most […]
NAPLES Naples Children and Education Foundation gets new HQ building A new resource in Southwest Florida is helping nonprofit organizations reach their community. The Naples Children and Education Foundation (NCEF), the same foundation that raises tens of millions of dollars every year for children’s charities through the Naples Winter Wine Festival, dedicated a new space to continue their mission. The new building at 2590 Goodlette-Frank […]
COLLIER COUNTY Collier named state’s ‘most generous county’ ahead of Naples Winter Wine Festival A Southwest Florida county is being named the most generous county in our state for charitable contributions in a study conducted by SmartAsset. Collier County was listed first as Florida’s most generous counties just in time for the start of the annual Naples Winter Wine Festival Saturday. MORE: Most Generous Counties in the U.S. – […]
WINK NEWS Naples Winter Wine Festival goes virtual to meet great need of child organizations Community members have a chance to give back to their communities through a yearly staple of Southwest Florida. Naples Winter Wine Festival raises millions of dollars to fund nonprofits each year, and the annual auction begins Friday. Things will look a bit different at the event during the pandemic, but it will continue to be […]
WINK NEWS Watch: Naples Children & Education Foundation: A Community Comes Together This year, the Naples Winter Wine Festival is going virtual, with opportunities for both patrons and the public to support the Naples Children & Education Foundation’s mission. In the past 21 years, patrons helped raise more than $212 million for underserved children in Collier County. This year’s event may be different in format, but there […]
COLLIER COUNTY Naples Winter Wine Festival provides more than $9 million to local organizations More than $9 million is going to Collier County organizations helping children at risk. The funds were raised by this year’s Naples Winter Wine Festival. It will go toward organizations like Youth Haven’s Transitional Living Cottage where 19-year-old Merci lived for about two years. The organization declined to release Merci’s last name. “I don’t know where […]