It's been 2 1/2-plus years since these island restaurants closed from damage sustained in Hurricane Ian. And oh, how they've ...

Beaches in Southwest Florida often face the brunt of tropical storms and hurricanes. On Captiva Island, a group of students from Elmira College in New York is working diligently to restore the ...

In SW Florida, a South Seas Island Resort 'peak moment where we've got all these openings.' Debuts of restaurants, marina and ...

After storms forced closures, Sandy Stilwell Youngquist reopens her iconic Key Lime Bistro on Captiva and Boca Grande.

Chelle Koster Walton, Contributor, Travel Some people think of Sanibel and its quirky little sister island, Captiva, as interchangeable. True, they're both quiet spots with great shorelines and ...

Nine months after Hurricanes Helene and Milton slammed Florida less than two weeks apart, businesses dependent on tourism want visitors to know they're open even as construction continues.

The art you’ll see is rooted in the spirit of a place: Rauschenberg’s beachfront home on Captiva Island, where he died in 2008 at the age of 82. After he bought the property in 1970 ...

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported that 12 bald eagle chicks fledged from the 11 nests that it monitored this year on Sanibel, Captiva, North Captiva and just off-island, ...

Fifteen employees from the ‘Tween Waters Inn & Marina on Captiva partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry ...

Hurricane Charley made landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast near Fort Myers on Aug. 13, 2004, driving a six-plus-foot storm surge that destroyed vegetation in 95% of mangrove forests on four-square-mile ...

Between long-distance swims, Dellora the green sea turtle nests on SWFL beaches, where researchers have found her 12 times - ...

Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell says Lee County property values drop. Taxable values inch up, squeezing local budgets.