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11 July 2025
President Donald Trump toured the new Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention center in Ochopee on ...
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11 July 2025
Collier County’s Sun-N-Fun Lagoon reopened its five water slides and 1,250-foot Lazy River on July 2...
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RESTAURANTS
11 July 2025
One of Southwest Florida’s favorite barbecue joints is closing this month after operating for nearly...
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4 July 2025
County commissioners unanimously approved amending the county’s growth-management plan to allow 1,29...
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4 July 2025
If Judy Jetson were enrolled at Florida Gulf Coast University this summer, she would feel right at h...
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27 June 2025
Fireworks can be a festive part of celebrations on the July 4th holiday, but they also can pose majo...
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GREENWAYS AND TRAIL SYSTEM PLAN
State adds Bonita Estero Rail Trail project to Florida Forever Program
27 June 2025
The Florida Acquisition and Restoration Council, part of the state’s Department of Environmental Pro...
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20 June 2025
After 19 meetings since 2017, Collier County commissioners granted final approval to a partnership w...
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Seed to Table gate system to be replaced with signs and speed bumps
20 June 2025
A gate requirement for Seed to Table’s employee parking lot has been removed after demands by Florid...
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20 June 2025
Collier County will receive a nearly $1 million grant to widen an 8.6-mile stretch of Immokalee Road...
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Homeowners hit by permit fraud still awaiting repairs by builder
13 June 2025
Monika and Paul Gatto purchased 2½ acres off Livingston Road five years ago and signed a contract to...
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13 June 2025
For low-income Collier County residents who are working but uninsured, access to the medications the...
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13 June 2025
The embattled Naples Pride Fest at Cambier Park felt the heat June 7, but it was primarily from the ...
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Ruling OKs Pride Fest drag show, but new suit surfaces
6 June 2025
U.S. District Court Judge John Steele turned down a city-backed attempt to halt a drag performance o...
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6 June 2025
Organizers of this year’s Great Canoe Races of Naples are following in big footsteps as they reimagi...
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HOMELESS
30 May 2025
A veteran in his 80s called Warrior Homes of Collier, desperate for help. His wife had died, cutting...
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30 May 2025
A historic River Park home will become Naples’ first house to be elevated as part of a state grant t...
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30 May 2025
A HondaJet landing at Naples Airport on April 9 ended up in the grass. No one was injured and the je...
Food & Flavor
Hard work for excellent sushi and ramen
27 June 2025
For the high-level sushi carefully created by Chef Pitak “Koko” Hermkhunthod at Namba Ramen & Sushi,...
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BEHIND THE ARTIST
Jazz forms her ‘home base,’ with contemporary and Latin influences
11 July 2025
Originally from Seattle, Washington, Rebecca Richardson relocated to Southwest Florida from New York...
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Always seeking and savoring new restaurants, the East Naples area landed some fresh and highly accessible dining spots within the last month
20 June 2025
Seventh South Waterfront It was a major move for the talented team at the former Seventh South Craft...
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4 July 2025
Many local restaurants have come and gone during the first six months of the year. Our annual halfti...
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27 June 2025
Local communities are gearing up to celebrate Independence Day with a full lineup of festivities on ...
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23 May 2025
The first publicized blow in the fight for gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the U.S. came in J...
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23 May 2025
Collier planning commissioners recommended amending the county’s growth-management plan to develop 4...
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23 May 2025
With a $301,800 county code enforcement lien against his Oakes Farms warehouse in East Naples, mega ...
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WILDLIFE
16 May 2025
When 89-year-old Collier County resident Robert Markel and his dog were mauled and killed May 5, it ...
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Local courses teach safe boating skills
16 May 2025
As National Safe Boating Week — May 17-23 — kicks off, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 96 member...
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NATIONAL TOURISM WEEK
16 May 2025
The Greater Naples Chamber hosted a May 7 gathering to recognize the region’s hospitality industry d...
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NAPLES AIRPORT
9 May 2025
The crash of a Beechcraft Bonanza 36 in the early hours of New Year’s Day (which ended safely for th...
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9 May 2025
When her movers finally arrived in Tennessee, the woman thought the hard part was over. She had pack...