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After hearing arguments from both sides, the judge said he stood by his earlier decision in favor of the Captiva Civic Association.

Crews have opened the Sanibel causeway to everyone, even those without a hurricane re-entry pass, but the city asks that people avoid the island unless they live there or need to travel there for business. 

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday morning the Blind Pass Bridge is now open but must be crossed using caution due to clean-up crews. The Florida Department of Transportation is currently active in the area, using heavy equipment to move large amounts of sand, so there will be deputies helping direct traffic. Any residents […]

Almost two weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall, SWFL residents faced life-threatening storm conditions by Hurricane Milton.

A Lee County Judge has ruled in favor of the Captiva Civic Association in the dispute over building height for South Seas Resort.

Construction workers, drills and saws are what you will see when you go past what used to be The Bubble Room on Captiva.

The Sanibel Police Department is now issuing hurricane re-entry permits for residents and businesses for the 2024 season.

South Seas resort ownership group’s engineer proposed a land-use amendment for Lee County’s government at least six months before the first public discussions and at least seven weeks before the county’s official timeline began, emails between the resort’s representatives and county show. 

When the county commissioners voted Sept. 5, 2023, to amend its Land Development Code, it violated a prior agreement, the lawsuit contends.