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FHP reported lane closures at I-75 exit 101 Thursday evening
FHP listed two right lanes closed at the southbound exit 101 ramp connection and a left-lane closure at the northbound connection on Collier Boulevard Thursday evening.
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Naples · Weather
North Naples storm prompted NWS funnel-cloud statement Thursday afternoon
NWS Miami issued a statement for parts of western Collier County at 4:26 p.m. Thursday, citing possible funnel clouds and gusts of 45 to 50 mph. It expired at 5 p.m.
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Naples · Traffic
Construction blocks lanes on both I-75 exit 101 ramps in Naples
FHP reports construction lane restrictions on the northbound and southbound I-75 exit ramps at Collier Boulevard.
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Naples · Public Safety
FHP reports an injury crash at Wiggins Pass Road and Tamiami Trail North
The Florida Highway Patrol reported an injury crash at Wiggins Pass Road and Tamiami Trail North. The entry had left its incident board by early October 14, without a reopening confirmation.
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Naples · Traffic
The I-75 southbound ramp from northbound Collier Boulevard reopened after an unscheduled two-hour closure
The ramp from northbound S.R. 951, or Collier Boulevard, to southbound Interstate 75 reopened Friday after contractors moved equipment during an unscheduled closure.
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Naples · Public Safety
Naples says 30,000 gallons from a 330,000-gallon wastewater release entered the Gordon River
A state pollution filing says a Naples wastewater line failure released an estimated 330,000 gallons, including about 30,000 gallons that entered the Gordon River.
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Naples · Traffic
Sinkhole closes Crayton Road between Parkview and Binnacle in Naples
Naples police closed Crayton Road between Parkview Drive and Binnacle Drive after a sinkhole opened near 3505 Crayton Road.
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Naples · Traffic
FHP clears a hit-and-run crash on southbound I-75 at mile marker 112 in Naples
Florida Highway Patrol cleared a crash on southbound I-75 at mile marker 112 in Naples after classifying it as hit-and-run. The board had listed the roadblock status as unknown.
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Naples · Weather
Naples flood advisory ends after 3 to 4 inches of rain
The flood advisory for Naples and East Naples ended at 5 p.m. after 3 to 4 inches of rain fell and city streets flooded.
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Naples · Weather
A flood advisory covered Naples and East Naples until 4 p.m. after 2 to 3 inches of rain
A National Weather Service flood advisory covered Naples and East Naples until 4 p.m. after 2 to 3 inches of rain fell.
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Naples · Traffic
Northbound I-75 is clear at mile marker 101 in Naples after a right-lane roadblock
Florida Highway Patrol no longer lists the construction roadblock that blocked the right lane of northbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 101 in Naples.
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Naples · Traffic
Florida Highway Patrol no longer lists the Airport Road crash roadblock at Longboat Drive in Naples
Florida Highway Patrol no longer lists the vehicle crash and roadblock that appeared at Airport Road North and Longboat Drive in Naples Friday evening.
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Naples · Public Safety
Collier Boulevard is clear at Pine Ridge Road after an injury crash
Florida Highway Patrol now lists Collier Boulevard clear at Pine Ridge Road in Naples after a crash classified as involving injuries and a roadblock.
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Naples · Traffic
Northbound I-75 is clear at mile marker 98 after a vehicle fire caused a complete roadblock
The Florida Highway Patrol lists northbound Interstate 75 as clear at mile marker 98 in Collier County after a vehicle fire caused a complete roadblock.
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Naples · Traffic
Florida Highway Patrol no longer lists the southbound US 41 crash roadblock in Naples
Florida Highway Patrol no longer lists the southbound US 41 crash roadblock in Naples that appeared on its incident board Thursday morning.
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Naples · Courts
Evolve Construction denies Florida allegations over hurricane-repair contracts and payments
Attorneys for Naples-based Evolve Construction deny state allegations that the contractor used unfair or deceptive practices after Hurricane Ian.
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Naples · Traffic
A crash is partially blocking northbound I-75 at mile marker 102 in Collier County
Florida Highway Patrol's live incident board lists a vehicle crash and a partial northbound roadblock on Interstate 75 at mile marker 102 in Collier County.
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Naples · Public Safety
FHP says Golden Gate Parkway is clear after fatal crash at Estuary Boulevard
The Florida Highway Patrol still classifies the crash at Golden Gate Parkway and Estuary Boulevard in Naples as a fatality, but its incident board now says the roadway is clear.
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Naples · Traffic
I-75 overnight work closes a southbound ramp at Collier Boulevard starting Monday
FDOT says overnight work at I-75 Exit 101 will close the southbound on-ramp from northbound Collier Boulevard beginning at 8 p.m. Monday, with lane closures on I-75 in both directions through Friday morning.
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Naples · Public Safety
Fog remains on northbound Alligator Alley at mile marker 92 after an injury crash near mile markers 100 and 101 clears
Florida Highway Patrol no longer lists the northbound I-75 injury crash near mile markers 100 and 101 in Naples. Its fog advisory at Alligator Alley mile marker 92 remains active.
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Naples · Public Safety
FDLE says a 76-year-old man has been missing from Naples since September 13, and deputies are asking the public to help find him
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement lists James Anthony Nicoletta, 76, as missing from Naples since September 13. The Collier County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information to call 239-252-9300.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Pine Ridge Road ramp at southbound I-75 exit 107 in Naples is blocked for construction
Florida Highway Patrol lists the Pine Ridge Road ramp at southbound Interstate 75 exit 107 in Naples as blocked for construction. The entry remained active after 8:29 p.m.
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Naples · Utilities
Nine Lantern Lane homes are under a boil water notice after a Galleon Drive water main leak
The City of Naples says nine Lantern Lane homes are under a boil water notice after a leak beneath Galleon Drive. Water service has been restored, but the notice remains active.
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Naples · Public Safety
A brush fire is reported beside southbound Interstate 75 near mile marker 107 in Naples, with emergency services responding
Florida Highway Patrol's live incident board lists a brush fire beside southbound I-75 near mile marker 107 in Naples and says emergency services are responding. The public row does not list a roadblock.
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Naples · Infrastructure
Naples approves the River Park East design deal behind a $38.2 million infrastructure plan
Naples approved a $2.03 million design agreement for River Park East. The city budget places another $36.2 million in the 2027-28 plan for streets, drainage, water and sewer work.
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Naples · Traffic
Construction is blocking the right lane of I-75 southbound at mile marker 101 in Naples
Construction is blocking the right southbound lane of Interstate 75 at mile marker 101 in Naples, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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Naples · Business
Florida records $43,830 sales-tax warrant against Joe's Diner
The Florida Department of Revenue recorded a $43,830.16 sales and use tax warrant against Joe's Diner LLC in Collier County. The September 17 filing lists $34,984.46 in tax, plus penalty, interest and fees.
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Naples · Traffic
Florida Highway Patrol says fog covers southbound I-75 through Collier County and tells drivers to use caution
Florida Highway Patrol has posted a fog travel advisory for southbound I-75 from mile marker 114 to mile marker 48 in Collier County. The live state board tells drivers to use caution.
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Naples · Traffic
Immokalee Road injury crash at Woodcrest Drive leaves FHP's active board
Florida Highway Patrol no longer lists the injury-crash roadblock that had been active on Immokalee Road at Woodcrest Drive in Naples. The state board did not report how many people were injured.
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Naples · Utilities
Collier County rescinds the Willow Park boil water notice for 425 customers
Collier County has rescinded the precautionary boil water notice that covered 425 customers near Willow Park Drive after a new valve installation.
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Naples · Utilities
Collier County boil water notice remains active for 425 customers after new valve installation
Collier County lists an active precautionary boil water notice for 425 customers near Willow Park Drive. Water service has been restored after a new valve was installed.
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Naples · Traffic
Pine Ridge Road under I-75 will close for a full weekend starting September 25
Pine Ridge Road will close in both directions under Interstate 75 from 11 p.m. Friday, September 25, through 6 a.m. Monday, September 28. I-75 will remain open.
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Naples · Traffic
The I-75 northbound crash at mile marker 110 in Naples is marked roadway clear
The Florida Highway Patrol now marks roadway clear for the crash that blocked the left northbound lane of I-75 at mile marker 110 in Naples.
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Naples · Traffic
The I-75 crash at mile marker 111 is no longer on FHP's active board after blocking two northbound lanes in Naples
A crash that blocked the left and center northbound lanes of Interstate 75 at mile marker 111 no longer appears on the Florida Highway Patrol's active incident board.
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Naples · Traffic
Construction blocks lanes near both I-75 Exit 101 ramps on Collier Boulevard
Florida Highway Patrol lists construction lane blockages on Collier Boulevard near both I-75 Exit 101 ramps. Two center lanes are blocked near the southbound ramp, and the far left turn lane is blocked near the northbound ramp.
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Naples · Public Safety
Gas leak closes every eastbound lane on Rattlesnake Hammock Road just east of Collier Boulevard
All eastbound lanes of Rattlesnake Hammock Road are closed just east of Collier Boulevard while gas company workers repair a leak, according to the Collier County Sheriff's Office.
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Naples · Traffic
Florida Highway Patrol marks the roadway clear after an I-75 southbound crash at mile marker 111 in Naples
Florida Highway Patrol now marks the roadway clear after a crash with a roadblock on Interstate 75 southbound at mile marker 111 in Naples. The public entry gives no injury information.
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Naples · Public Safety
Construction is blocking the right lane of I-75 southbound at mile marker 101 in Naples
Construction is blocking the right southbound lane of Interstate 75 at mile marker 101 in Naples, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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Naples · Public Safety
Construction restricts both Exit 101 ramps at I-75 in Naples
Construction is restricting lanes on both Exit 101 ramps at Collier Boulevard and Interstate 75 in Naples, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
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Naples · Public Safety
An I-75 northbound crash roadblock at mile marker 101 in Naples is no longer listed
A crash that blocked the right northbound lane of Interstate 75 at mile marker 101 in Naples is no longer listed on the state incident board.
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Naples · Public Safety
FHP says Collier Boulevard is clear after an injury crash at Business Circle North in Naples
The Florida Highway Patrol now says Collier Boulevard is clear at Business Circle North after an injury crash blocked northbound traffic Sunday morning.
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Naples · Traffic
A vehicle fire blocked two northbound I-75 lanes near mile marker 107 in Naples; the incident has cleared
A vehicle fire blocked the center and right northbound lanes of I-75 near mile marker 107 in Naples Saturday morning. The incident is no longer on Florida Highway Patrol's live board.
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Naples · Traffic
Crash blocks Immokalee Road near the I-75 northbound entrance ramp in Naples
Florida Highway Patrol lists a crash roadblock on Immokalee Road near the I-75 northbound entrance ramp in Naples. No reopening estimate is posted.
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Naples · Public Safety
Construction blocks the right northbound lane of I-75 at Exit 101 in Naples
Construction is blocking the right northbound lane of Interstate 75 at mile marker 101 in Naples. Two earlier ramp restrictions are no longer listed on the state incident board.
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Naples · Public Safety
The disabled vehicle call that blocked I-75 southbound at mile marker 99 is no longer listed
The Florida Highway Patrol no longer lists the disabled vehicle call that blocked the left southbound lane of Interstate 75 at mile marker 99 in Naples.
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Naples · Business
Paragon Theaters is confirmed as the next operator of Alamo Drafthouse's Mercato cinema
Alamo Drafthouse says its Mercato building will continue as a movie theater under Paragon Theaters after Alamo's September 9 closing. A reopening date has not been announced.
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Naples · Public Safety
A strong thunderstorm over Lely Resort is bringing 50 mph gusts toward Naples and Marco Island until 4 p.m.
The National Weather Service says a strong thunderstorm over Lely Resort is moving west with wind gusts of 45 to 50 mph. The statement covers coastal and inland Collier County until 4 p.m.
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Naples · Public Safety
Stray bullet damages two hurricane doors at Collier County home
A bullet crossed into the Azure community at Hacienda Lakes and damaged two hurricane-rated doors at a home. No one was injured. Residents told WINK News that gunfire from a neighboring property has been a recurring concern.
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Naples · Public Safety
Santa Barbara Boulevard is clear after an injury crash at Devonshire Boulevard in Naples
The Florida Highway Patrol now marks the roadway clear after an injury crash blocked Santa Barbara Boulevard at Devonshire Boulevard in Naples.
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Naples · Public Safety
Eastbound Golden Gate Parkway is clear after an injury crash at Premier Drive in Naples
The Florida Highway Patrol now marks the roadway clear after an injury crash completely blocked eastbound Golden Gate Parkway at Premier Drive in Naples.
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Naples · Public Safety
A hit-and-run crash roadblock on Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 101 in Naples has dropped from the state incident board
Florida Highway Patrol briefly listed a hit-and-run crash with a roadblock on northbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 101. The record appeared shortly after 1:16 p.m. Sunday and was gone by 1:28 p.m.
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Naples · Traffic
Florida Highway Patrol warns of fog on southbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 100 in Collier County
Florida Highway Patrol is advising caution in fog on southbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 100 in Collier County. The live state board gives no expiration time.
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Naples · Weather
North Naples, Naples Park and nearby communities are under a flood advisory until 10:30 p.m.
The National Weather Service says minor flooding is ongoing or expected in northwestern Collier County after 1 to 2 inches of rain, with another 1 to 2 inches possible.
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Naples · Public safety
North Collier Fire placed its first Vanderbilt Beach lifeguard tower into service before Labor Day weekend
North Collier Fire dedicated Ocean Rescue Tower 29 at Vanderbilt Beach on Friday, giving lifeguards a fixed lookout and response coordination point.
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Naples · Public Safety
Collier County agencies must remove license plate readers from state road rights of way within 30 days, while city-road cameras are outside the order
FDOT revoked permits for automated license plate readers in state highway rights of way and gave local agencies 30 days from August 31 to remove them. Naples police and the Collier County Sheriff's Office say they will comply.
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Naples · Roads
I-75 roadblock at mile marker 110 is no longer listed as active
A crash that blocked part of southbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 110 in Naples is no longer listed on the Florida Highway Patrol's active incident board.
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Naples · Public Safety
Florida Highway Patrol posts a fog advisory on I-75 southbound between mile markers 100 and 80 in Collier County
Florida Highway Patrol is advising caution in fog on I-75 southbound between mile markers 100 and 80 in Collier County. The live state board gives no expiration time.
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Naples · Weather
North Naples, Naples Park and nearby northwestern Collier communities are under a flood advisory until 11:30 p.m.
The National Weather Service says minor flooding is ongoing or expected in northwestern Collier County after 1 to 3 inches of rain, with another 1 to 3 inches possible.
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Naples · Roads
The right lane of northbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 66 is open again after Wednesday night's crash
The Florida Highway Patrol board now marks the roadway clear after a crash blocked the right lane of northbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 66 in Collier County.
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Naples · Public Safety
An injury crash is blocking the left lane of northbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 113 in Naples, according to the Florida Highway Patrol
The Florida Highway Patrol lists an injury crash with the left lane blocked on northbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 113 in Naples.
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Naples · Public Safety
An injury crash is blocking the right and center lanes of Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 105 in Naples, according to the Florida Highway Patrol
The Florida Highway Patrol lists an injury crash at Interstate 75 mile marker 105 with the right and center northbound lanes blocked. A trooper was recorded on scene shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Naples · Real estate
Allegro Condominiums spent nearly $15 million recovering from Hurricane Ian, then became the first Naples condominium to install an AquaFence around the whole building
The 76-unit Gulf Shore Boulevard condominium installed about 870 feet of reusable flood barrier designed for water up to 6 feet. The project cost was not disclosed.
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Naples · Transport
Northbound I-75 is blocked over Collier Boulevard now, with through traffic detouring off and back on at exit 101 while crews work on the new bridge deck
Florida Highway Patrol's live incident board says northbound I-75 is blocked over State Road 951 for construction. Through traffic detours at Collier Boulevard, exit 101.
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Naples · Public safety
A juvenile black bear walked into Naples Zoo on Saturday afternoon and the zoo cleared its visitors and staff out, and two days on neither the zoo nor the state has said publicly how it ended
Visitors and staff were evacuated from Naples Zoo on Saturday afternoon after a young black bear got in. Wildlife officers went to the site to work out a capture plan. No outcome has been announced.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Florida Highway Patrol has a crash with injuries open on Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 108 in Naples with the right lane recorded as blocked, and the entry was still carrying that status more than forty minutes after the call
The Highway Patrol logged the crash at 1.07 p.m. and typed it as a crash with injuries and a roadblock. At 1.49 p.m. the board still recorded the right northbound lane blocked.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Florida Highway Patrol has the left lane of Interstate 75 southbound blocked at mile marker 112 in Naples after a crash logged during the morning peak, and the entry is still open on the state board
The Highway Patrol logged the crash at 8.28 a.m. and its board records a roadblock in the left southbound lane. The entry was still open, with no clearance stamp, at 8.36 a.m.
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Naples · Public Safety
A crash on the ramp off Interstate 75 southbound at the Immokalee Road interchange in Naples was logged with a roadblock during the morning peak, and the state board records the roadway as clear
The Highway Patrol logged a crash on the southbound exit ramp at Immokalee Road, mile marker 111, at 8.01 a.m. Its board carried the entry by 8.14 already recording the roadway as clear.
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Naples · Public Safety
A North Naples sexual battery from 1999 has produced an arrest after Collier County detectives turned to forensic genetic genealogy and the FBI collected a fork an Arizona restaurant diner left behind
The Collier County Sheriff's Office says DNA from a fork collected in Arizona has linked a 71-year-old man to a 1999 North Naples sexual battery. It is the agency's first arrest from forensic genetic genealogy.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Florida Highway Patrol has given its account of Tuesday's fatal crash on Interstate 75 at Naples, and it revises the picture on the record overnight: two vans rather than a van and a box truck, a rear-end collision with traffic stopped ahead, and the driver who died was the one behind
FHP says a Chevrolet Express van driven by a 62-year-old man struck the back of a stopped Mercedes van in the center lane about 200 feet north of the Immokalee Road overpass. The Chevrolet driver died. The other driver was not hurt.
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Naples · Real Estate
Arthrex is finishing a 41-unit apartment building in Naples that it will not rent to the public, because its own new hires cannot land here fast enough without it
Arthrex is finishing a five-storey, 41-unit corporate housing building on 2.06 acres in Naples' Palm River, less than two miles from its headquarters. The company has passed 13,000 employees worldwide and says its 60-property housing pool has run near 94 per cent occupancy.
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Naples · Public Safety
Northbound Interstate 75 at Naples is open again, the state's remarks field on the mile marker 111 fatality now reading roadway open, ending a second full closure that stood for about an hour and a quarter
The Florida Highway Patrol row for the Interstate 75 fatality at mile marker 111 in Naples now reads roadway open. The second full northbound closure entered the record between 7.19 and 7.24 and lifted between 8.39 and 8.44 p.m.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Interstate 75 fatality at Naples has taken every northbound lane again, a second full closure of the same call that entered the state board between 7.19 and 7.24 this evening after almost two hours in which only the left lane was down
The Florida Highway Patrol is again carrying all northbound lanes of Interstate 75 at mile marker 111 in Naples as blocked. The board had held the left lane alone since half past five, and the change landed between 7.19 and 7.24 p.m.
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Naples · Public Safety
The first outside reporting on the Interstate 75 fatality at Naples fills in what the state board never carried, a van and a box truck near Immokalee Road, one person dead and two more being treated, with the left lane still blocked nearly two and a half hours after the call
Gulf Coast News reports the Florida Highway Patrol saying a person died in the Interstate 75 crash at mile marker 111, and the Sheriff's Office saying a van and a box truck were involved, with two people treated. The left lane is still blocked.
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Naples · Public Safety
The crash that closed northbound Interstate 75 at Naples this afternoon has been retyped by the state as a fatality, the sixth description it has given one call, with the left lane still blocked more than three and a half hours after the first unit was sent
The Florida Highway Patrol has retyped its Interstate 75 northbound call at mile marker 111 in Naples from a crash with injuries to a fatality. The left lane is still blocked and the right and center lanes are open.
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Naples · Public Safety
Two of the three northbound lanes of Interstate 75 at mile marker 111 in Naples have reopened, ending a full closure that stood for about half an hour, with the left lane still blocked and the crash that caused it still being worked
The Florida Highway Patrol has reopened the right and center northbound lanes of Interstate 75 at mile marker 111 in Naples. The left lane is still blocked. The full closure entered the record between 4.49 and 4.59 and was gone from it by 5.29.
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Naples · Public Safety
Every northbound lane of Interstate 75 at mile marker 111 in Naples is now closed, a third escalation of a call the state first published as a disabled vehicle, with the full shutdown recorded between 4.49 and 4.59 and still standing at 5.05
The Florida Highway Patrol has closed all northbound lanes of Interstate 75 at mile marker 111 in Naples. The crash received at 4.29 was carrying two blocked lanes at 4.49 and a full closure by 4.59, still standing at 5.05.
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Naples · Public Safety
A 15 year old Barron Collier High School student was arrested on Tuesday after the sheriff's office says a butterfly knife with a four inch blade was found concealed in their clothing along with a box cutter, and deputies say no threat was made and they believe the school was never in danger
The Collier County Sheriff's Office says a 15 year old Barron Collier High School student was arrested Tuesday on two counts of possession of a weapon on school grounds. Deputies say no threat was made and they believe the school was never in danger.
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Naples · Public Safety
A call the state first published as a disabled vehicle on northbound Interstate 75 at Naples has been retyped twice in seven minutes and now reads as a crash with injuries, with the left and center lanes blocked at mile marker 111 and troopers on scene since 4.40 with the lanes still down
The Florida Highway Patrol is carrying a crash on Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 111 in Naples with the left and center lanes blocked. A unit reached the scene at 4.40 and the lanes were still blocked at 4.49.
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Naples · Public Safety
The death in Sunday night's mobile home fire on Hibiscus Lane was not suspicious, the Collier County Sheriff's Office has told WINK News, and the State Fire Marshal has taken over the investigation into what started it
WINK News reports the Collier County Sheriff's Office has said the death in Sunday's Hibiscus Lane fire was not suspicious, and that the State Fire Marshal is investigating. WINK places the fire in the Pelican Creek Mobile Home Park.
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Naples · Public Safety
One person died in the trailer home fire on Hibiscus Lane in Naples, the Collier County Sheriff's Office has now confirmed, and investigators still have not said what started it
Gulf Coast News reports the Collier County Sheriff's Office has confirmed one person died in Sunday night's fire on Hibiscus Lane. The cause is still undetermined. This desk reported the fire earlier with no fatality on the record.
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Naples · Property Taxes
Collier County mailed its 2026 TRIM notices on August 17, which puts the deadline to challenge a property value at September 11, and the two county offices that publish that deadline do not state the same closing time
The Property Appraiser publishes a mailing date of August 17 and a deadline of 5 p.m. on September 11. The Clerk, who receives the petitions, publishes 5 p.m. in the office or 11.59 p.m. online.
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Naples · Public Safety
A trailer home on Hibiscus Lane in Naples burned down late on Sunday night, and the Collier County Sheriff's Office says it does not yet know how the fire started or whether anyone was inside at the time
Gulf Coast News reports a fire destroyed a trailer home on Hibiscus Lane in Naples around 10 p.m. Sunday. Deputies say the cause is unknown and that they cannot yet say whether the home was occupied.
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Naples · Public Safety
A crash with injuries closed part of Interstate 75 southbound at mile marker 85 on Alligator Alley in Collier County shortly after midday on Sunday, and the state dispatch board no longer carried it forty minutes later
The Florida Highway Patrol logged a vehicle crash with injuries on I-75 southbound at mile marker 85 near Ochopee at 12.13 on Sunday, with a roadblock noted. Three readings of the dispatch board at 12.54 and 12.55 carried no Collier County entry at all.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Florida Highway Patrol carried a crash with a roadblock at Everglades Boulevard North and Randall Boulevard in Golden Gate Estates for about twenty minutes this evening, and the call has now come off the state's board
The state dispatch board carried a crash at Everglades Boulevard North and Randall Boulevard in Golden Gate Estates from 7.37 p.m., upgrading it to a roadblock at 7.45. The call came off the board by 7.58, which is not a published reopening.
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Naples · Public Safety
The last of the three people charged in the 2023 Immokalee Road ambush that left a Collier couple shot in the head has been sentenced, and the State Attorney says the man who testified against the other two drew 13 years for accessory after the fact
The State Attorney for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit said on August 21 that Julian Wolf was adjudicated guilty of two counts of accessory after the fact and sentenced to 13 years in prison and 15 years of probation over the 2023 Immokalee Road shooting.
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Naples · Real Estate
Naples sold 14 percent more homes in July than a year ago while a fifth of the listings disappeared, and the supply cushion the market spent two years rebuilding has now been cut by a third
The Naples board's July report puts closed sales up 14.5 percent, inventory down 21 percent to 4,415 homes and months of supply down a third to 5.8. The overall median rose to 590,000 dollars, but house and condominium prices moved opposite ways.
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Naples · Community
Collier County is waiving every adoption fee at its animal shelter from today through Sunday, and putting on a Clear the Shelters market on Saturday
Collier County Domestic Animal Services is waiving adoption fees Friday through Sunday for the national Clear the Shelters campaign, with its first community market on Saturday from 11 to 2 at 7610 Davis Boulevard in Naples.
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Naples · Weather
Both Southwest Florida forecast offices wrote a fresh heat advisory overnight for a third straight day, and for the first time in this run the top of the range came down at each of them and Collier lost an hour off the back of the window
Lee is written at a heat index of up to 109 and Collier at up to 110, both down from 112 yesterday. Lee holds 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Collier now ends at 6 p.m., the first split in the hours.
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Naples · Roads
The hit and run crash the Florida Highway Patrol had open on Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 66 in Collier County has come off the state dispatch board, and the patrol filled in neither an arrival nor a clearance time and never said whether anything on the road had been blocked
The hit and run row logged at 7.14 p.m. on Interstate 75 northbound at mile marker 66 was gone from the state board on three readings at 9.06 p.m. Its arrival and clearance columns were never filled in.
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Naples · Elections
Byron Donalds carried his own corner of Florida far harder than he carried the state, taking 65 percent of the Republican primary vote for governor across Collier and Lee on the counties' own boards, and vacating the congressional seat Southwest Florida voted to refill the same night
The Naples congressman won the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday. On the two counties own result boards he took 30,877 votes in Collier and 54,106 in Lee, 65.25 percent of the 130,251 Republican ballots cast there, all precincts reporting.
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Naples · Weather
Southwest Florida gets a second straight day at a heat index of 112, and for the first time in this run the Lee County forecast office did not write a fresh advisory but simply let yesterday's keep going
Both offices hold an 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. window with a heat index of up to 112. Tampa Bay continued its Lee advisory rather than reissuing it. Miami wrote a new one for Collier.
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Naples · Public Safety
State gaming enforcement and Collier deputies spent hours pulling gaming machines out of two North Naples businesses on Tuesday, and the agency that led the operation has released nothing about what it took or whether anyone will be charged
The Florida Gaming Control Commission led a raid on Winners and the Majestic Lounge, with the Collier County Sheriff's Office assisting. Machines went onto three trucks. No charges have been announced.
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Naples · Elections
Collier County voters have approved the change that lets every voter inside the Greater Naples Fire Rescue District elect all five fire commissioners, 16,246 to 11,312, and the division seats that have split the ballot since the 2014 merger disappear with the November 2028 election
The Greater Naples Fire Rescue District referendum carried 16,246 to 11,312, or 59.0 percent, with all 36 participating precincts in. From the November 2028 election all five fire commissioners are elected district-wide instead of by the East Naples and Golden Gate divisions.
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Naples · Elections
Polls are open across Collier and Lee until seven tonight, and on the ballot in two of the region's cities is permission to borrow 58 million dollars against property taxes
Polls in Collier and Lee are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., in person at your assigned precinct only. Bonita Springs votes on up to 35 million dollars of general obligation bonds and Marco Island on 23 million, both repaid from property taxes.
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Naples · Public Safety
Deputies swept the inside, the outside and the perimeter of a Golden Gate school after a bomb threat was called in on Monday morning, found nothing, and sent students and staff back into the building
The Collier County Sheriff's Office says the report came in at 10.23 a.m. on Monday for Grace Community School at 5524 19th Court Southwest. Sweeps of the interior, exterior and perimeter came back negative, students and staff returned, and the investigation is open.
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Naples · Courts
A woman injured when a car was driven through a Naples thrift store has sued the nonprofit that ran it, and the figure in the complaint that reads like a damages claim is not one
Deima Torna Garcia sued St. Matthew's House in Collier County Circuit Court on August 10 over the April 2025 thrift store crash in Naples, alleging it failed to protect customers. The nonprofit says it has only just learned of the filing.
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Naples · Transportation
Southbound Interstate 75 is scheduled to close completely at the Collier Boulevard interchange in Naples for seven hours on the night of Tuesday, August 18, and the detour sends everyone out at Golden Gate Parkway
The Florida Department of Transportation has southbound I-75 fully closed at the S.R. 951 interchange from about 10 p.m. Tuesday, August 18, to 5 a.m. Wednesday, August 19, while crews install an overhead sign. Drivers headed south are put off the interstate at exit 105.
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Naples · Public Safety
A crash has the right lane of Interstate 75 southbound blocked at mile marker 100 in Collier County, and the state dispatch board still described the lane as held for emergency vehicles at 5.09 this afternoon
A crash has the right lane of Interstate 75 southbound blocked at mile marker 100 in Naples. The Florida Highway Patrol logged a trooper on scene at 4.56, and on readings at 5.07 and 5.09 the state board still described the lane as blocked.
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Naples · Public Safety
A crash has the merging lane blocked where Golden Gate Parkway eastbound feeds onto Interstate 75 northbound at exit 105 in Naples, and a trooper reached the scene at 1.53 this afternoon with the roadblock still on the state board
The Florida Highway Patrol received the call at 1.38 this afternoon, dispatched a unit at 1.41 and logged a trooper on scene at 1.53. On a reading taken at 1.55 the state dispatch board still described a roadblock in the merging lane of Interstate 75.
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Naples · Weather
Collier County goes back under a heat advisory from noon to 7 p.m. Thursday at an index of 105 to 110, while both Lee County zones sit empty and the office that covers Lee writes its only Florida heat product for Levy.
The National Weather Service in Miami issued the advisory at 1.42 a.m., covering both Collier zones at an index of 105 to 110. Direct queries of the two Lee County zones returned nothing active.
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Naples · Local Business
Naples has lost its biggest car show after the council refused the 2027 application, and the organiser's own site now advertises a four day event on February 4 to 7 under a new name
Cars on 5th will move to Bayshore Drive in 2027 after more than twenty years on Fifth Avenue South, Gulf Coast News reported. The organiser's own site now runs the show as Naples Automotive Experience across February 4 to 7.
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Naples · Public Safety
Two juveniles are facing felony charges after deputies said a group rode e-motos through a Naples Target, and the damage figure that made it a felony also sets what their parents can be sued for
Deputies said two juveniles rode e-motos through the Target on Tarpon Bay Boulevard in July, causing about $2,500 in damage. Florida makes criminal mischief a felony at $1,000, and a second statute lets the owner recover full actual damages from the parents.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Florida Highway Patrol has a crash open at Immokalee Road and the northbound entrance to Interstate 75 in Naples, logged at ten to seven on Tuesday evening, and the state has not yet said on its own board whether anything there is blocked
The state dispatch board logged the crash at 6.49 p.m. Its roadblock field reads unknown, and a reading at 7.08 p.m. carries no clearance stamp, so the entry is still open at the exit 111 interchange during the evening peak.
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Naples · Consumer Protection
Kelly Roofing customers who already paid in full are receiving construction liens from the supplier, and a new Kelly Roofing company was registered in Florida on August 5
WINK Investigates reported on Monday that ABC Supply has filed construction liens against at least two dozen Southwest Florida homeowners over materials supplied for Kelly Roofing jobs, including customers who had already paid the contractor in full.
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Naples · Public Safety
The 16 year old who walked out of her Golden Gate Estates home on July 31 has been found safe in New Jersey, the Collier County Sheriff's Office has confirmed, and her father says the call reached him about four o'clock on Monday afternoon
Sophia Veronica Cover, missing from Golden Gate Estates since July 31, has been found safe in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Gulf Coast News reports, and the Collier County Sheriff's Office confirmed it. The state clearinghouse flyer still listed her as missing early Tuesday.
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Naples · Public Safety
Naples Zoo is shut all week for scheduled maintenance, a closure its own site dates from Monday through Friday, August 14, and one worth checking before you drive over with visitors or turn up on a membership expecting to get in
A banner on the Naples Zoo site says the zoo is closed for maintenance from August 10 through August 14. Gulf Coast News, which reported the closure on Monday morning, adds that first responders will get free admission once it reopens.
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Naples · Weather
Collier County is the only part of Southwest Florida under a weather product on Monday, a heat advisory written at 2.38 in the morning for a heat index of up to 110 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., while Lee County carries nothing at all
The National Weather Service office in Miami issued the advisory for Coastal Collier and Inland Collier at 2.38 a.m. It is one of only three alerts active in the whole of Florida, and no Lee County zone appears in any of them.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Collier County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 41 year old man last seen on foot on Crosspointe Drive near Immokalee Road and US 41 on Friday morning, and no update has been published in the day and a half since the appeal went out
Michael Paul Gianino was last seen about 10.20 a.m. on Friday on Crosspointe Drive, in the area of Immokalee Road and US 41 North, and he was on foot. The sheriff's office asks anyone who knows where he is to call 239-252-9300.
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Naples · Public Safety
Westbound White Boulevard is open again at 31st Street Southwest in Golden Gate Estates, after a crash the Florida Highway Patrol logged as involving injuries held the road for about an hour and a half this morning
The Florida Highway Patrol received the call at 8.21 a.m. and a trooper arrived at 8.33. The state dispatch board still described a westbound roadblock at 9.39 a.m. and read ROADWAY CLEAR by 9.49.
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Naples · Public Safety
A Naples community's activities director has been charged with grand theft after Collier County detectives said she told residents for two years that she had cancer, and GoFundMe has refunded more than forty one thousand dollars to the people who gave
The Collier County Sheriff's Office says Maribeth Jones, 51, took more than $40,000 from 238 Winding Cypress residents while claiming cancer treatment. She is charged with grand theft, a second degree felony. She has not been convicted.
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Naples · Jobs
The state layoff notice behind Collier County's bus contract change lists 151 jobs at the Radio Road depot, and the union says nothing in law guarantees the incoming operator will carry over wages, benefits or the bargaining unit
MV Transportation filed a state layoff notice on July 30 covering 151 employees in Naples, with separations dated September 30 through October 13, as Collier Area Transit operations pass to WeDriveU. The county says riders should expect no interruption.
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Naples · Development
A plan to turn a 542-acre former Ford test track in eastern Collier County into a private motorsports club with homes has drawn close to 10,000 petition signatures and objections from two conservation groups
The Hyper Club wants county and federal approval to add 100 homes, two circuits and a members club at the old Florida Evaluation Center. Opponents say it takes panther habitat and about 142 acres of wetlands.
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Naples · Public Safety
A 16 year old walked out of her Golden Gate Estates home at a quarter to one in the morning and has not been seen for six days, and the state has her logged as a runaway while her father says she has never run in her life
Sophia Veronica Cover left her home on 62nd Avenue Northeast about 12.45 a.m. on July 31. The state clearinghouse carries her as a missing child in the runaway category. Deputies say the case is now a multi agency investigation with no leads.
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Naples · Public Safety
A crash at the Golden Gate Parkway interchange with Interstate 75 in Naples put a roadblock on both the southbound entrance and the southbound exit ramp for part of the morning, and both are clear again
The Highway Patrol logged the crash at 7.43 a.m. and had roadblocks on two ramps at exit 105. Both entries were gone from the state board by 9.55 a.m., with no clearance time stamped.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Florida Highway Patrol has given its account of the fatal Davis Boulevard crash in Naples, and troopers say they are looking at whether a medical episode came first
Troopers say the driver, 63 and from Naples, was in the westbound left turn lane approaching Heritage Trail when his Chevrolet struck a stopped Toyota at 10.25 a.m. He died at a hospital. The other driver was unhurt.
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Naples · Public Safety
The National Weather Service put a severe thunderstorm warning over west central Collier at 4.05 p.m. with 60 mph gusts, on top of a flood advisory that runs until 5.45 p.m. with water over roadways from Naples to Marco Island
The storm was upgraded to a severe thunderstorm warning at 4.05 p.m. over Vineyards near Naples, with 60 mph gusts and hail up to three quarters of an inch, running to 4.30 p.m. The county wide flood advisory holds until 5.45 p.m.
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Naples · Public Safety
The Florida Highway Patrol has reclassified a Wednesday morning crash at Davis Boulevard and Heritage Trail in Naples as a fatality, and the roadway is clear
The state incident board logged the crash at 10.36 a.m. with a roadblock, later carried turn lanes blocked in both directions, and now reads roadway clear. No agency has released a name, a count or a cause.
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Naples · Public Safety
The lanes are open again on Livingston Road at Carlton Lakes Boulevard in North Naples, where a crash with injuries blocked the southbound side for about an hour
The Florida Highway Patrol took the call at 10.22 p.m. Monday and had a unit on scene at 10.28 p.m. The block narrowed from the southbound lanes to the left lane alone, and by 11.32 p.m. the Highway Patrol's own record read no roadblock.
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Naples · Public Safety
Barron Collier's head football coach has resigned after his DUI arrest, and the interim coach named in the principal's letter was already set to run the team under a season long FHSAA suspension
Brannon Tidwell resigned on Sunday and Principal Sean Kinsley named Andrew Clawson interim head coach. Clawson had already been named interim for this season on July 20, when the FHSAA suspended Tidwell for all of 2026 and fined him $5,000.
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Naples · Public Safety
Fourth Street South in Naples is closed until Friday for a water main repair, and the main that broke carries irrigation water rather than drinking water
The closure runs between Third Avenue South and Fourth Avenue South, Monday to Friday, pending weather. Saturday evening's break cut reclaimed water service south of Central Avenue, including Port Royal and Gordon Drive. It is irrigation water, not drinking water.
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Naples · Public Safety
Barron Collier High School's head football coach was arrested on Saturday on driving under the influence charges, and the sheriff's office says the arrest report will not be public until Monday
The Collier County Sheriff's Office says Brannon Tidwell, 48, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and refusing DUI testing. He posted bond and was released. No arrest report is public, and his first court date is August 26.
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Naples · Real Estate
The 30-year mortgage rate reached 6.66 percent, its highest in a year, and July alone added more to a Naples median payment than the whole preceding year did
Freddie Mac's survey put the 30-year fixed rate at 6.66 percent for the week ending 30 July, the highest since 31 July 2025. On the Naples June median that is 53 dollars a month added in four weeks.
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Naples · Energy
Naples Airport put 270 solar panels on a new warehouse roof, and the payback period being quoted for it counts government rebates as well as energy savings
The airport authority's own announcement of the array carries no cost figure at all. Business Observer obtained $249,665 and a 5.7 year payback from an airport spokesperson, a period that counts rebates rather than energy savings alone.
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Naples · Transportation
Tolls on Alligator Alley go cashless on Monday, and the only statement from the state that this desk could find is a social media post
NBC-2 reports that tolls on Interstate 75 between Collier and Broward counties become cashless on Monday, citing a post by the Florida Department of Transportation's SunPass account. No press release or rule notice was reachable.
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Naples · Local Economy
Naples loses a February event that drew 15,000 paying visitors to Fifth Avenue South, and Collier County is now courting it
Cars on 5th will not apply to return to Fifth Avenue South in 2027, and Collier County commissioners say they are in talks to keep the show in the county, Gulfshore Business reported.
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Naples · Weather
Collier is under a heat advisory for a second straight day, with the same 106 to 110 forecast, while the county's rip current statement expired on Wednesday night and was not renewed
The National Weather Service office in Miami issued a fresh Heat Advisory at 3:52 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, covering Coastal Collier and Inland Collier along with six zones across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami Dade.
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Naples · Public Safety
A Naples man is charged with manslaughter four months after a shooting on 8th Avenue Southeast that the sheriff's office says began with a rifle fired toward a noise near a chicken coop
The Collier County Sheriff's Office arrested Ariel Gonzalez Rodriguez, 25, and charged him with manslaughter with a firearm, four months after his neighbour Jason Sheffield was found shot dead on an adjoining property. The charge is an accusation.
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Naples · Consumer Protection
Kelly Roofing told customers it is insolvent and winding down, and state records show the Naples entity was merged away in 2023
WINK News reported on Wednesday that Kelly Roofing, one of the best known roofing contractors in Collier County, told customers in a letter that it is insolvent and winding down all operations after its lender froze its account early Tuesday morning.
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Naples · Weather
Collier County now has its own rip current statement, issued overnight and running through Wednesday evening
The National Weather Service office in Miami issued a Rip Current Statement for Coastal Collier County at 2:16 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29. It took effect immediately and runs until 8 p.m. the same day.
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Naples · Weather
Collier County is under a heat advisory from 11 a.m. Wednesday, with a heat index forecast of 106 to 110
The National Weather Service office in Miami issued a Heat Advisory at 12:52 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, covering Coastal Collier and Inland Collier counties along with six zones across Palm Beach, Broward and Miami Dade.
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Naples · Real Estate
Collier County commissioners voted to keep pausing data center approvals while they write the rules, and chose that tool over a formal moratorium
The Collier County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday, July 28 to continue using a legal tool known as zoning in progress while county staff draft regulations for data centers.
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Naples · Cost of living
Collier County has the fifteenth highest income per person in America. Its metro area is the forty-sixth most expensive. Those are different facts.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures the price level in the Naples metro area at 103.2 for 2024, meaning prices are 3.2 percent above the national average. Goods, utilities and non-housing services are all cheaper than the national average there. Housing is 29.4 percent dearer, and housing is the whole of the difference.
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Naples · Public Safety
A 16-year-old swimmer died on Tuesday after going missing in choppy water off the 2nd Avenue North beach end in Naples, the police department says
The Naples Police Department and the Naples Fire-Rescue Department received a report of a missing 16-year-old swimmer near the 2nd Avenue North beach end at about 2:08 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28.
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Naples · Public Finances
The Collier school budget up for adoption Thursday spends $151.6 million more than its general fund earns, and closes that gap with a capital transfer and a 61 percent cut to reserves
The District School Board of Collier County has advertised its 2026-27 budget summary ahead of a public hearing on July 30 at 5:05 p.m. at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Administrative Center, 5775 Osceola Trail, Naples.
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Naples · Real Estate
Naples closed 881 home sales in June, up 16.5 percent, while inventory fell 23.4 percent and the year-to-date median price slipped to $610,000
The Naples Area Board of REALTORS released its June 2026 Market Report on July 24. Closed sales in Collier County excluding Marco Island rose 16.5 percent to 881 from 756 in June 2025, and pending sales rose 14.9 percent to 855 from 744.
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Naples · Governance
A judge found Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann in violation of her probation and imposed ten days she will serve as weekend work
A Collier County judge on Monday found Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann in violation of the probation she is serving from a 2024 driving under the influence case, after a random urine sample collected on March 26 returned a positive result for cannabinoids.
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Naples · Transportation
Four consecutive overnight ramp closures begin Tuesday at the I-75 and Pine Ridge Road interchange in Naples
One ramp at a time will close overnight at the I-75 and Pine Ridge Road interchange in Naples on four consecutive nights, starting Tuesday, July 28, for paving.
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Naples · Real Estate
A 48-suite industrial property near Naples Airport sold for $26.5 million, $9.1 million more than the seller paid for it in 2024
Naples Small Bay, an 83,607-square-foot small-bay industrial property at 4110-4120 Enterprise Ave. near Naples Airport, has sold for $26.5 million.
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Naples · Elections
About 125,000 Collier voters will pick a member of Congress in a district that now runs across the state to Palm Beach, and early voting starts August 8
Collier County's congressional map changed this year, and the August 18 primary is the first election run on it. The Florida Legislature passed the new boundaries on April 29, 2026.
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Naples · Education
Six more Collier schools move to free lunch this year, but 21 stay on the paid system and those families have to apply
Collier County Public Schools has posted its 2026-2027 meal lists, and six schools are newly added to the Community Eligibility Provision, which lets a school serve lunch at no cost to every student without any family filling out a form.
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Naples · Residency
You moved to Naples for the zero income tax. Your old state gets a vote, and it counts your days.
Florida has no income tax. Leaving a high-tax state cleanly is harder than moving. The line is 184 days, any part of a day counts, and states like New York audit the wealthy who cross it.
Collier County
Set at the county level, and it lands on every parcel in Naples.
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I-75 exit 80 construction closure no longer appears on FHP board
The northbound exit 80 ramp closure at SR-29 no longer appears on FHP's incident board. Earlier construction entries for both exit 101 ramps are also absent.
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Marco Island has a permanent police chief again, eight days after the council ruled out contracting the department away
City Manager Dr. Casey Lucius appointed Joseph Belardo Chief of Police effective Monday, August 3, ending a transition that began on May 27. The swearing-in is set for Wednesday, August 12 at 2 p.m.
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Collier holds its tax rate flat for a second year, but flat means something very different this time
Collier County commissioners set maximum FY2027 property tax rates on July 14 at the same levels as this year, and the County Manager transmitted a $3.18 billion tentative budget the following day.
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