Friday (June 16) will mark another milestone in Sanibel Island's and Southwest Florida's comeback from Hurricane Ian. At 9 a.m. community officials, residents and visitors will gather at Lighthouse ...

Sanibel’s popular Lighthouse Beach is reopening for the first time in almost nine months since Hurricane Ian. Lighthouse Beach will be the last of Sanibel’s public beaches to reopen. A ribbon-cutting ...

The Sanibel Lighthouse is making its comeback. Five months to the day after Hurricane Ian nearly toppled the iconic Southwest Florida structure, a ceremony was held Tuesday morning, Feb. 28, at the ...

The Lee County Mosquito Control District (LCMCD) has treatment scheduled for the islands. The district reported that the ...

Hurricane Helene's surge soaked Sanibel almost two years to the day after Hurricane Ian walloped the island's historic lighthouse. Ian's force broke one of the 140-year-old structure's leg, washed ...

It took 51 years of pleading — “We need a navigational aid” — to get a lighthouse built on Sanibel. That was 138 years ago. But in 1884, a 104-foot high iron lighthouse rose above the waters on the ...

Winds whipped the waters off Lighthouse Beach Park Tuesday as construction workers prepped the Sanibel Lighthouse for final reconstruction. The chocolate brown iron structure is a beacon on the island ...

Despite its proximity to Fort Myers Beach – about 5 miles as the crow flies – Sanibel has a completely different vibe than its neighbor to the southeast. Sanibel is about three times larger, with 70% ...

The missing leg of the iconic Sanibel Lighthouse was located this week, almost a month after Hurricane Ian ravaged the tiny island and historic landmark. The leg was found broken in three pieces and ...