Michael Braun

Despite the rains that extremely dry ground siphoned up almost as soon as it fell Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, several brush fires still managed to erupt across the area.

A young male black bear which had been getting into garbage on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus was trapped Thursday morning and will be relocated.

A 600-acre wildfire being fought in the Picayune Strand Wildlife Management Area in Collier County prompted evacuations in some areas Monday afternoon.

A 1,733-acre wildfire was being fought in the Picayune Strand State Forest in Collier County Monday afternoon. The fire was south of Alligator Alley and prompted a warning from the Florida Highway Patrol.

The Newman Fire, which broke out in east Naples along the Picayune State Forest this week, was the third of four notable wildfires in the Western Everglades over the last six weeks.

The final report by the National Transportation Safety Board on Flight 823, which crashed during an emergency landing on I-75 in Naples on Feb. 9, 2024, was released Thursday afternoon and pins the probable cause of the crash on corrosion in both engines to lead to lost of thrust and the ensuing crash landing.

Two different first nests were reported Wednesday in Collier County — one by The Collier County Sea Turtle Protection Team on Barefoot Beach and another by Conservancy of Southwest Florida scientists on Keewaydin Island.

Family members involved in a wrongful death lawsuit resulting from the 2024 fatal jet crash on I-75 in Naples are seeking to move their case to another judge who is handling a similar case from the same crash. Both suits were filed in 2025.

Bueno's description of the DUI limit helps explain why the FHP's Elite DUI Squad and the Aggressive Driving Unit will be conducting “Operation Dry Streets” a specialized impaired driving enforcement initiative, from this Friday through Sunday, throughout 10 counties in Southwest Florida that are Troop F's region.

Bonita Springs approved a zoning change for what the application calls a "data center." The application, however, also carries the data center label, which is not exactly describing the project. The application says that label was the only one that was appropriate. Confusion and concern has arisen from that label.