Sanibel News

Residents of Sanibel and Captiva need to be prepared in case of an evacuation due to Ike.

The Corps of Engineers began pulse releases that will average 4,000 cubic feet per second daily for the next 11 days.

Tourist tax dollars could be tapped to build a new fishing pier along the road to Sanibel Island.

Because of record rainfall from Tropical Storm Fay, the Army Corps of Engineers will soon start releasing water from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee River.

Lots of rain could bring lots of mosquitoes for the Lee County Mosquito Control District to combat.

The City of Sanibel will hold its second Hurricane Seminar today. According to a communication issued by Karen Ryan, LCEC Public Relations manager, the seminar is scheduled at 1 p.m. at the BIG Arts Center, ...

A Cape Coral man says he was bitten by a shark this afternoon, and Sanibel police are urging swimmers to be cautious.

One storm can't erase the memory of another, but Sanibel Islanders had more reason to rejoice than the rest of us when ABC-7 chief meteorologist Jim Reif uttered the words we yearned to hear at 4:53 a.m. ...

Dorothy Boothby of Cincinnati walked the beach Tuesday morning with a friend, picking up sea sponges tossed on the sand by Tropical Storm Fay.

UPDATE: Bridge workers will return to Lee County bridges at 2pm today. Tolls will be reinstated at that time.

While Tropical Storm Fay still hadn't formed an eye yet, Judie Zimomra, Sanibel Island city manager, was keeping a close eye on hurricane preparations.

As dusk fell on Sanibel Island, Noemi and Arturo Ruiz of Chicago waded through the low tide on Algiers Beach.

Below is a condensed update of the 2PM Hurricane Update from the National Hurricane Center: A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM SOUTH OF OCEAN REEF TO KEY WEST...INCLUDING THE DRY ...

There are very few people I feel have first-hand information to advise the public in an election.

The Lee County Health Department says it is unsafe to swim at Blind Pass Beach. Tests completed on August 14, 2008 by the Lee County Health Department indicate the beach water quality at Blind Pass Beach on ...

Paintings by members of the Sanibel-Captiva Art League will be on display weekday afternoons in BIG ARTS Phillips Gallery through August 28.

A: A days-old macaque monkey shifts in human hands, and gazes up, around, down and finally notices the blue-suited human in front of her.

As the owner of Float Designs, Ramona Senese has many responsibilities. On a recent day, it was unpacking big boxes of tunics packed flat in crisp plastic envelopes.

Located within Lee County, Sanibel is a barrier island - a collection of sand on the leeward side of the Gulf Stream from the more solid coral-rock of Pine Island.

Two hurricane seminars for Sanibel residents, property owners, business owners and island workers will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, July 21 and Thursday, Aug.