In Florida, regulation of dog daycares falls to local agencies. But most don’t have ordinances specific to dog daycares, nor do they regulate beyond business zoning laws.

Since 2018, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has introduced tens of thousands of young people to the world of audio storytelling. But this fall, the competition is opening up to folks with more life experience and gray hair. NPR is now taking submissions for its inaugural Senior Podcast Challenge. Those over the age of 65 are invited to tell stories in podcast form— about anything and everything.

The first short documentary — Decoding Ancient Florida: Mound House — premieres Aug. 25 on WGCUplus.org. The episode explores the Calusa archaeology and artifacts at the Mound House on Fort Myers Beach.

A Southwest Florida company has submitted the low bid to demolish City of Palms Park in Fort Myers. The city administration confirms it now plans to ask the council to award a contract on April 6.

Michael Lee King, 54, was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in Starke for the 2008 murder of a North Port woman that resulted in changes in state law regarding 911 operators. King was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. by the state Department of Corrections. The announcement came several hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his latest application to stay the scheduled execution.

Officials in Cuba report an islandwide blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. The Ministry of Energy and Mines notes a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and says it is investigating. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received oil shipments in more than three months and that it was operating on solar power, natural gas and thermoelectric plants. Cuba has blamed its woes on a U.S. energy blockade. U.S. President Donald Trump warned in January of tariffs on any country that would sell or provide oil to the island.

The annual Taste of the Islands brings food and an opportunity to support wildlife care on Sanibel.

The FP&L "Power to Care" project was one of 30 across the state recently

February 20th is the most important date in the history of Fort Myers.

Dragon's Den Books is hosting a grand-reopening event in its new space on Feb. 21.