Just days after Gov. Ron DeSantis touched down at Fort Myers High School to rail against teachers unions with Florida Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas, the Florida Education Association sued Kamoutsas and the Florida State Board of Education for failing to adequately fund the ...
A Lee County teacher is among the finalists for the Florida Education Foundation's 2027 Florida Teacher of the Year award. Laurel Blackburn serves as a regional math coach countywide, supporting 22 different schools. Other finalists include Nicole Leon – True North Classical Academy, ...
With family-raising season in the review, Southwest Florida's most famous eagle nest is empty once again. After nearly four months of nurturing from its parents, this year’s Southwest Florida Eagle cam star, E26, has flown from the nest on Bayshore Road to start its life as a free-flying ...
The annual Florida Python Challenge™ is back. The event kicks off on Friday, July 10 at 12:01 a.m., and runs until Sunday, July 19 at 5 p.m. Registered participants in this year’s challenge will get the chance to win a share of $25,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from ...
Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc. has named Megan Hill as its new education specialist. Hill is currently pursuing a degree in environmental studies with a concentration in environmental education at Florida Gulf Coast University. Growing up in Southwest Florida and spending time at local ...
A critically injured coyote pup is receiving intensive emergency treatment after it was apparently hit by a vehicle in Cape Coral last Friday. When the roughly 7-week-old dehydrated coyote was brought to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel Island, Dr. Jessica Comolli, ...
