In 2022, following Hurricane Ian, a cancer survivor and a widow hired a public adjuster to help them through the disaster. He ...

The popular Tex-Mex restaurant has been a staple in Punta Gorda since 1992, but owner Dean Stainton said years of battling ...

Two Punta Gorda companies are finalists in Florida’s Coolest Thing contest with products focused on pool and storm rescue ...

Tropical Storm Debby didn’t look like trouble.No hurricane-force winds. No mass evacuations. Just forecasts, quietly urgent, ...

Charlotte County home prices fell again in May as inventory stayed high and buyers gained leverage amid market uncertainty.

As Charlotte County officials await cost estimates from the impacts of 2024 hurricanes Helene and Milton, the county is already reeling from the $362,021,150 cost of Hurricane Ian in 2022.

In Volusia County, 40 buildings were destroyed, and 1,378 structures were damaged. Ian damaged an estimated 4,100 structures in Osceola County and 1,656 structures in Seminole County.

Ian made landfall on mainland Florida at 4:35 p.m., p.m. Sept. 28, just south of the Charlotte County city of Punta Gorda, near Pirate Harbor, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph.

On Oct. 1, in the immediate aftermath of Ian’s brutal impact on southwest Florida, a spokeswoman for the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said in an email that “we currently have 23 deaths ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Hurricane Ian was gaining strength and spiraling toward western Florida. Officials from Lee County gathered in an emergency headquarters on Sept. 26 to review their response ...

Some Lee County schools 'may be beyond repair,' school district officials say Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday surveyed storm damage from Hurricane Ian in Charlotte County.