Growth of a most welcome sort has taken wing in Cape Coral — its burrowing owl population is way up. The Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife released its Cape Coral Burrowing Owl Census for 2025 today and the news, they say, “is nothing short of remarkable.” Their effort counted 7,008 ...
Cape oral City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn has released an at-a-glance of his proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins oct. 1. The FY 2026 Budget, presents "a structurally balanced financial plan that prioritizes enhanced service delivery, sustainability, and continued investment in Cape ...
The Cape Coral Police Department has a new K9 Unit recruit — a specially trained bloodhound named “Roo” whose sole mission is to help locate missing and endangered individuals and safely reunite them with their loved ones. "The 18-month-old bloodhound, who arrived at CCPD two months ...
Cape Coral City Council has set a deadline for the finalization of an arrangement that would bring the Boathouse back to the Cape Coral Yacht Club. Under what exact arrangement between the parties remains the sticking point. Council gave the city’s attorney seven days to finalize the ...
Students will return to school Monday morning as the School District of Lee County continues to move closer to its goal of zero teacher vacancies — only 45 teacher spots remained as of Wednesday. “We are really excited. This time last year we were down 235 teachers. Hot off the press, two ...
The Florida Department of Transportation is performing maintenance on the Wilson Pigott Bridge on State Route 31, just east of the Bayshore Road intersection near Fort Myers Shores. To safely complete this work, traffic will be reduced to a single lane with flagging operations in place to ...
