The lengthy timeline and the nearly $2.5M cost for the design and permitting, left some Lee County Commissioners questioning ...

Before that, it had been closed for two years after Hurricane Ian. Cereceda — Fort Myers Beach's first mayor and now chair of the island's Local Planning Agency — says she's loved every minute.

Two years after Hurricane Ian ... Ft. Myers Beach. Carl Juste [email protected] Chuck Rabin, writing news stories for the Miami Herald for the past three decades, covers cops and crime ...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla ... who lived in a storage unit for some months after Ian before finding a trailer, she panics, her “ears pop and blood pressure goes up,” she said, because she ...

Evacuations have taken place, including on Fort Myers Beach which has been reported to be a "ghost town" this morning (Oct. 9 ...

Three incumbents survived election night to retain their seats on the Fort ... island before Hurricane Ian are no longer able to afford to pay their mortgage, rebuild their homes and pay mounting ...

Sanibel, the quaint barrier island just west of Fort Myers Beach, appeared to have ... but it suffered no water damage. “I was here after Ian and there wasn’t even a sign standing.” ...

Fort Myers Beach has had some sad moments the last two years. Hurricane Ian took the lives of 16 people from the island and ...

On Fort Myers Beach recovery efforts from the back-to-back storms still have a long way to go. With the debris mostly cleaned up, the beach now needs some nourishment.

Two days after Milton made ... able to pass through Fort Myers Beach to assess the damage and destruction. “I was worried all the time that it was going to be another Ian.” ...

The annual Veterans Day Parade has been canceled this year. Organizers say they hope to bring it back in 2025.

The emotions have been running high at The Islander as familiar faces return to the Beach store. It had been closed since ...