Sam Lurie doesn't hold back when recalling his experience with Hurricane Ian. "I am just glad I survived," Lurie said in an email to The News-Press. The 67-year-old Lurie is alive today − three years ...

Hurricane Ian damaged the piers in Naples and Fort Myers in 2022 and both have not reopened. But plans are finally taking shape to rebuild.

Officials at Sanibel Captiva Community Bank are celebrating a big win early in 2026: Its new McGregor Boulevard branch in ...

It was exactly three years and one day. That’s how long it took On The Bay (previously Matanzas on the Bay) to reopen after being pummeled by Hurricane Ian. “It was a long time coming,” Eddie Parisi, ...

Hurricane Ian left a trail of destruction that shocked communities, but for 17-year-old twins Paul and Violet Schwartz, the pain was not just about the devastation. It was about the lives lost. The ...

A hotel manager evacuated his guests from a Fort Myers Beach hotel just hours before Hurricane Ian made landfall. The manager and guests drove through rising floodwaters and howling winds to escape ...

Sunday night will be the first time in two years that Fort Myers Beach in South Florida celebrates New Year's Eve. "I'm coming here to Fort Myers Beach for the fireworks, and band and all the people.