FORT MYERS, Fla. — Residents were allowed to return to a coastal island that was decimated by Hurricane Ian on Saturday with a warning from the governor that the disaster isn't over. Many of the homes ...

The Estero Island Estero Island Historic Society is putting together a free public presentation on a book by a local author ...

Long before tourists flooded the island, Lee Melsek and his buddies had Fort Myers Beach pretty much to themselves. And it ...

Traffic getting on to Fort Myers Beach Sunday morning was worse than the season, residents said. Residents, property owners, claims adjusters and "others that need to be on the island" were allowed to ...

The Estero Island Beach Nourishment and Hurricane Recovery Project got underway July 8. The project plans to dredge approximately 950,000 cubic yards of sand from a nearshore borrow in the Gulf of ...

Aerial views of the extensive damage to Southwest Florida’s Estero Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in 2022. Category 4 Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida’s Lee County on Sept. 28, 2022, ...

Residents were allowed to return to a coastal island that was decimated by Hurricane Ian on Saturday with a warning from the governor that the disaster isn't over. Many of the homes still standing on ...