Charlotte County

A water service interruption is scheduled for customers between Dorchester and Yorkshire streets south of Quesada Avenue from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Feb. 2 through Wednesday, Feb. 4.

The odds of significant cold, coastal, and marine impacts across South Florida this weekend and beyond continues to increase. An Extreme Cold Watch is in effect for the Lake Okeechobee region and coastal Palm beach County and a Freeze Watch is in effect for inland Collier, Miami Dade and Broward counties. Wind chills could drop into the 20s across all of South Florida early Sunday morning. Very breezy conditions are expected on Saturday afternoon through early Sunday morning as the strong cold front pushes through the area. Sustained winds 15-25 mph could gust up to 40 mph, with highest winds likely along the immediate coastlines. A Gale Watch is in effect for local waters beginning on Saturday afternoon and evening. Sustained winds of 30-40 knots with higher gusts is possible across the Atlantic and Gulf waters through Sunday afternoon. Wave heights could peak as high as 12 feet across the Gulf and Atlantic waters during the day on Sunday as well.

TikTok -- you’re busted. An Englewood man found himself an influencer of a different kind Tuesday after his TikTok Challenge attempt to stay inside a Walmart store for 24 hours ended in his arrest.

Workshops on gardening with succulents and vegetables will be available in Charlotte County at the end of January.

The Charlotte County Utilities Department has declared a precautionary boil water notice starting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7 for the entire Burnt Store and Tuckers Point service areas due to required repairs to the Burnt Store Water Treatment Plant.

Lee County is having to delay the in-person issuing of parking permits on Boca Grande. Lee had scheduled a number of days in December for people to get permits at a location in the community. But Lee said Friday that building construction is causing utility problems at the permit distribution site.

Charlotte County is asking its residents which environmentally sensitive lands should be bought with the dwindling dollars in the Conservation Charlotte program's coffers. Conservation Charlotte has bought critical wetlands, wildlife habitat, and water-resource lands for nearly two decades, but comes to an end in 2026

Charlotte County Animal Control, in coordination with the Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County, has issued a 30-day rabies alert following confirmation that a bat in the McKee Street/Bennett Drive area of Port Charlotte tested positive for rabies.

Charlotte County is beginning the conflict resolution process with Lee County over the new regulations on parking on Boca Grande. It's part of state law to allow government bodies to try to resolve disagreements before lawsuits are filed.

With the Government Shutdown showing no end in sight, the impact from limited Federal Government resources is now impacting the community, by limiting events such as Air Shows.