Hurricane Idalia is predicted to slam Florida as a Category 3 hurricane. Here's where Pine Island and Matlacha residents can ...

In the days following Hurricane Ian's wrath on the region six months ago, Pine Island and Matlacha went nearly silent. Completely cut off from the mainland due to the Matlacha Bridge collapsing ...

Mickuleit, who responded to Hurricane Ian alongside his firefighters, has spent the entirety of his 19-year career with the Pine Island / Matlacha Fire station. He told The News-Press/Naples Daily ...

At Pine Island Center, Reid Freeman was looking forward to getting his Street Eatz & Ale running again. “As soon as the power is back, I’ll be open,” he said. Rebuilding Matlacha picking up ...

Matlacha, also cut off from the mainland, is a smaller island sitting between the mainland and Pine Island. Sattani is a property manager for several vacation rentals on the island. He stayed ...

At the Board of County Commissioners meeting last Tuesday, May 20, Public Safety Director Benjamin Abes told commissioners the lease for property near Station 1, located at the corner of Stringfellow ...

"People are losing their homes and their businesses," one resident told ABC. MATLACHA, Fla. -- Roughly three dozen pastel-colored cottages line the only road to Pine Island, the largest island ...

He told her he was fine but the island was “a disaster.” Hurricane Ian destroyed much of Matlacha, a charming fishing and artists’ community off Pine Island in southwest Florida. The photo ...

Matlacha and Pine Island Fire Control District crews began assessing Matlacha in the early hours of Thursday morning after Hurricane Milton began pushing further inland. According to the Matlacha ...

In July of 2016, Duong Ton opened Island Pho & Grill along Pine Island Road in Matlacha and spent the next six years introducing Vietnamese food to the community. Then Hurricane Ian came along.

Lee County Government sent out a press regarding who can travel to Pine Island on FDOT-improved road and bridges. Read the released full list.