Charlotte County

Charlotte County Public Works is helping residents prepare for hurricane season.

Two Charlotte companies vie for 'coolest thing made in Florida'

Some 150 people were hired by Charlotte county after Hurricane Helen hit the Gulf Coast. The county is hoping to have an emergency pool of workers ahead of any future storms.

When Sunseeker Resort finally opened, it was slated to be "the" tourist spot of the region. Recently, Allegiant Travel put the huge resort up for sale less than 18 months after its grand opening.

Hurricane Season is here. Experts are predicting an above-average storm season. Punta Gorda, still recovering from previous storms, is learning from past lessons.

Major repairs are on the table—but so are tough questions about accessibility, aesthetics, and what the future holds for this landmark. Will Punta Gorda preserve its 98-year-old City Hall or face the costly challenges of bringing the historic building into the future?

A Hachnasat Sefer Torah is a traditional Jewish celebration that marks the welcoming of a new Torah scroll into a synagogue or community. This event typically involves a procession, prayers, music, and joy as the scroll is brought to its new home.

City of Punta Gorda has mixed opinions at their city council meeting on Wednesday, March 19.

The Florida Scrub Jay finds itself thrust into the middle of a lawsuit designed to protect its habitat in Charlotte County.

The first good night's sleep in years for the daughter of a murdered couple came the night Florida executed her parents' killer earlier this month, she says in a new interview.“There’s a weight that’s been lifted off of us,” said Maranda Malnory, 29, of Cape Coral, in a phone conversation from her home. “We can move forward. We’re never going to move past it, but it’s not looming there all the time.”Malnory, 29, was less than one month away from her 2nd birthday when James Ford murdered her parents, Greg and Kim Malnory, in rural Charlotte County in southwest Florida. Malnory was left to the elements in a car seat in her father’s blue pickup after her parents’ murders, and police found her and her parents’ bodies the next morning.