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As a precaution, the City of North Port is issuing a voluntary evacuation notice for residents in the North Port Estates and areas adjacent to local creeks. Hurricane Irma has caused the Myakkahatchee Creek... Read More.

Water service has been restored to customers within Venice city limits. However, city customers are under a boil water advisory for 72 hours for drinking and cooking purposes, or until the boil water notice... Read More.

State and federal environmental regulators issued a blanket waiver on Monday for Florida electricity companies to violate clean air and water standards without penalty for the next two weeks. The Environmental Protection Agency said... Read More.

Kids in Charlotte and Manatee Counties will have the rest of the week off. Charlotte County Schools announced last night that the entire district will be off until Monday, the 18th. As of this... Read More.

Airlines and airports across the state of Florida are once again slowly starting to get back on track. At Punta Gorda, the skies will remain quiet- Allegiant has once again canceled all inbound and... Read More.

Officials at Florida Power & Light say they cannot estimate when power will be restored across the area, but they say customers on the harder-hit west coast will be without electricity “for a much... Read More.

In Venice, Public Works crews are closing Miami Avenue between Nassau and Nokomis on Venice island due to a downed trees hazard. The City Hall will remain closed today and tomorrow. In addition, a... Read More.

Mote Aquarium is expected to reopen to the public on Wednesday and resume normal operations. Staff were on site during the storm, and additional staff arrived Monday to assess the aquarium. All animals are... Read More.

Things are slowly but surely starting to get back to a bit back to normal. Nearly all Publix stores in Venice, Englewood, Punta Gorda, North Port, and Port Charlotte have reopened- albeit with some... Read More.

Florida rescue workers and a group of residents helped save two manatees who were left stranded on Sunday after Hurricane Irma caused water to drain from the Sarasota Bay. Nadia Gordon, marine mammal biologist... Read More.