Charlotte Harbor News

The Charlotte County Commission met Tuesday morning to approve the new name for the Rays spring training site in Port Charlotte, but the matter never came to a vote.

Where to Retire magazine, the only magazine in America geared to helping people with retirement relocation decisions, has selected Port Charlotte, FL, to profile as a top retirement town in the March/April 2010 issue, which mails to subscribers nationwide on February 1, 2010.

Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives arrested three people Saturday for cutting and stealing telephone copper wire under the U.S. 41 northbound bridge on the Port Charlotte side.

The jury is still out on this guy. Some recreational fishermen like the Mayan cichlid because it fights like crazy and tastes great; others dislike it because it interferes with attempts to catch more desirable fish, such as snook, snapper and sheepshead.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: A man wanted for vehicular manslaughter of a Port Charlotte man was arrested in Las Vegas.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: A man wanted for vehicular manslaughter of a Port Charlotte man was arrested in Las Vegas.

Learn about helping the environment on our Green page. For the first time, three big government agencies in South Florida are issuing a red alert on global warming.

Florida Marine Research Institute scientists will soon focus more attention on the sawfish population in Charlotte Harbor.

Looking to reverse the effects of the recession, hospitality businesses across Southwest Florida are preparing for the peak of winter's tourism season.

The myth is always more interesting than the reality. And there are few more exciting myths than those of pirates, princesses and buried treasure.

Overlooking Charlotte Harbor as the sun sets, with dulcimer music playing and the wind rustling through the grasses.

The Charlotte Harbor Community Redevelopment Agency and the Punta Gorda Community Redevelopment Agency invite you to participate in the second annual Hands Across the Harbor event on Jan.

A U.S. Army medic based near the epicenter of rubble that once was Port-au-Prince describes Haiti as "beautiful" and its people as "upbeat," in a series of text messages back home to his mom this week.

The Boca Grande Historical Society has announced that Vernon Peeples, a Florida historian, author, fifth-generation Floridian and former member of the Florida House of Representatives will be their guest lecturer on Monday, Jan.

A series of events Monday will honor the late Martin Luther King, Jr. The 2010 Dr.

A vibrant community of artists living and working together, art walks, concerts under the oaks: Cheryl Wynn's vision for Charlotte Harbor is happening.

DeSoto County Garbage collection for customers in the city of Arcadia and those outside the city will not happen on Monday.

Dozens of snook lay dead on the muddy bottom of a private Pine Island boat basin Monday, while dozens more writhed slowly near the surface in cold-induced death spasms.

It's not the jackpots that attract Joe Gutch. It's not the flashy neon lights, the free food or the welcoming glow of the slot machines.

Boca Grande Outfitters and The Gasparilla Inn and Club, along with Pategonia clothing, will sponsor the 2010 Bonefish and Tarpon Trust Silent Auction and Raffle on Saturday, Feb.