A lightning strike was the apparent cause of a roof fire at a condo on the east side of Boca Grande North that began sometime ...

Above, the old streetcar which ran from 1910 on. Boca Beacon archives BY JAMES J. BLAHA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER The year 1900 marked the start of a new ...

Weekly turtle reports State Park Turtle Numbers Cayo Costa: 497 Loggerhead, 17 Green, 2 Leatherback, 4830 hatchlings Gasparilla: 29 Loggerhead Don Pedro: 201 Loggerhead, 30 Green, 1536 hatchlings ...

Above, a nest near downtown washed away in the heavy surf. BGSTA photo BY ARLENE HALLBOCA GRANDE SEA TURTLE ASSOC. With this week’s tropical depression (lat ...

Above, storm preparation in years past. File photo Nearly two months into hurricane season, the island has finally begun to see some precipitation; as the s ...

As a coastal county, Charlotte’s 252 bridges are continually battered by storms, salt and time. At a Tuesday meeting about the county’s transportation prior ...

On Tuesday, the Charlotte County Commission heard a staff discussion about right-of-way encroachments on Don Pedro and Knight Island. The issue for the July ...

On Sunday, July 12, around 5:20 p.m., Deputy David Scozzafava with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, responded in reference to a third-party complaint about ...

On May 4, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new congressional map into law during a special legislative session, reworking several Florida districts; while Gaspari ...

Recent rains, and help from the community, staved off a water shortage on the island a month ago. “The tanks are full.” said Ron Bolton, executive director ...