Lee County

A convoy of trucks crossed the Sanibel Causeway on Tuesday afternoon as Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the causeway would be open for that traffic. DeSantis said the causeway will be open for civilian use on Oct. 21. The trucks began to travel across the causeway ahead of schedule, DeSantis said, adding that it was supposed […]

Pine Island was hit hard by Hurricane Ian, so Cape Coral Pet Vet is offering free urgent pet care at two locations on the island. Cape Coral Pet Vet has to use a temporary space because, like many other Southwest Florida businesses, it sustained significant damage from the hurricane: The storm ripped off 60% of […]

The Cape Coral Fire Department is warning drivers to be extra careful when driving at night after two crashes on Monday night that left people trapped in their cars. The fire department says one of the crashes was a two-vehicle crash on NE 22nd Ave. and Hancock Bridge Pkwy. They say the other was a […]

The curfew for the City of Fort Myers will be lifted at noon on Tuesday, according to the Fort Myers Police Department. Previously, residents and others needed to be off the streets unless allowed to be there between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. FMPD says the city is still under a state […]

A neighborhood in North Fort Myers continues to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Ian sent its storm surge rushing through houses. One woman who reached out to WINK news says most of Sunrise Drive was under 2 to 5 feet of water. The homes have since been emptied of belongings and stripped of drywall. […]

The City of Fort Myers completed its post-Hurricane Ian citywide damage assessment on Tuesday. The results are as follows: Commercial damage $329,739,263 in damages 30 buildings destroyed 192 buildings with major damage 718 buildings with minor damage 949 buildings affected Residential damage $332,762,121 in damages 343 buildings destroyed 426 buildings with major damage 1,939 buildings […]

An army of 42,000 utility workers has restored electricity to more than 2.5 million businesses and homes in Florida since Hurricane Ian’s onslaught, and Brenda Palmer’s place is among them. By the government’s count, she and her husband, Ralph, are part of a success story. But turning on the lights in a wrecked mobile home […]

The seafood industry in Southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what’s left of a major shrimping fleet — and a lifestyle — that was battered by Hurricane Ian. The storm’s ferocious wind and powerful surge hurled a couple dozen shrimp boats atop wharves and homes along the harbor on Estero […]

An ongoing issue in Southwest Florida’s largest city revolves around power, almost two weeks since Hurricane Ian, and some people in Cape Coral still don’t have power. Generators are seen all around Cape Coral, but Estelle Oren, a resident of the city, told WINK News she doesn’t have a generator, so she chose to take […]

Residents in Cape Coral are getting frustrated because Sunday’s lightning storm knocked the power out again when some only had power for a little while. But the Moore family has a lot more at stake because they have a baby girl born just before Ian hit Florida. As of Monday afternoon, LCEC says more than […]