Not one, not two, but three restaurants recently reopened on Sanibel and Captiva islands. And they have one thing in common — all had been closed since Hurricane Ian tore through in September 2022.

More than 78,000 flood claims were submitted in Florida during this period. In Southwest Florida, Charlotte County led with 4 ...

You could argue the back-to-back hurricanes we had last year (2024) − Helene and ... 2022 and we had Hurricane Ian, which caused catastrophic to Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island and other ...

That agreement was struck between the town and the district after Hurricane ... before Helene there were 72. That number put the per-student cost at $13,471, Koss said, putting it in line with the ...

The school board voted unanimously to re-build the school, but that was before Hurricane Helene and then Hurricane ... but not necessarily as a school. Sanibel Island's old school was made into ...

The venerable school, built in 1947, was closed after damage from Hurricane Ian on Sept. 28, 2022. Hurricanes Helene and ... of students at the Sanibel School come from off-island.