2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1034+ words) Collier County commissioners tentatively approved a $3.187 billion 2026-27 budget, forecasting a possible “modest” tax increase pending any changes at the final budget hearing in two weeks. The Board of County Commissioners, at its initial Sept. 3 budget hearing, staved off a decision…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (557+ words) Since Collier County set up a hearing examiner program, county staff’s workload has been lightened and land use and county code petitions that county commissioners and planning commissioners must consider have been substantially whittled down. And the simple hearing process…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (603+ words) Conservation Collier expanded its preserved lands with the p… Since the establishment of the hearing examiner program in C… If the Declaration of Independence is the voice of this nation, the U.S. Constitution is its muscle. That means a…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (594+ words) If you’ve ever noticed road crews taking more breaks during the hottest part of the afternoon or thought a construction project in Southwest Florida seems to slow once summer rolls in, there’s usually a straightforward explanation: keeping workers safe. A…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (447+ words) Cars on 5th has likely found a new home on Bayshore Drive and a show date: Feb. 6, 2027. The organization hasn’t filed its permit applications yet, according to Mike McNees, Collier County executive director of Redevelopment and Facilities, to which the Bayshore-Gateway…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1475+ words) For more than six decades, Patty Baker Humane Society Naples has provided animal adoptions, sheltering and veterinary care to Collier County animals. The organization was founded in June 1960 after county residents came together to create a “society for the prevention…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (285+ words) North Collier Fire Control & Rescue District plans to move its headquarters to Pine Ridge Road in North Naples this fall, enabling firefighters to dedicate Fire Station No. 45 to training. County records show the district paid the Community Foundation of Collier…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1317+ words) Interim Police Chief Joseph Belardo is now the permanent police chief of Marco Island. City Manager Casey Lucius announced his hiring during the city manager report at the Aug. 3 Marco Island City Council meeting. “I am proud to announce to…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (577+ words) More than 150 contract employees assigned to Collier Area Transit’s East Naples facility will be laid off in late September when a seven-year operating contract ends. The Collier Area Transit Operations Center at 8300 Radio Road in East Naples. The WARN letter…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (989+ words) Business groups are divided over whether Collier County visitors should pay another penny on the dollar for hotel rooms and vacation rentals of six months or less. Voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to raise the county’s tourist development tax from…...