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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Richman Group says it closed 72.5 million dollars of permanent financing on Everly, a 320 unit rental community in Naples. The loan runs ten years at 5.74 percent, with the first five years interest only.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The founder's son told WINK Investigates he bought the collapsed company's debt and assets, including customer proposals that carried deposits, and will refocus on Southwest Florida. The supplier liens already recorded against homeowners are separate, and nothing in his account releases them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Set at the county level, and it lands on every parcel in Naples.
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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 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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