Collier County News

HobNob Kitchen & Bar opened for dinner Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, in the Ingram Building at 720 Fifth Ave. S. in downtown Naples.

Teachers at an Immokalee High School say they haven't been paid in more than three weeks.

Environmental groups have filed a 69-page lawsuit challenging federal approvals for a large limestone mine in Collier County, court records show.

David Philip Miller, 49, of the 6300 block of Radio Road, East Naples, was arrested by Collier County sheriff's deputies Monday.

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By Linda Penniman, Lydia Galton and Dave Trecker For the Collier Citizens Council Penniman of The Moorings, Galton of Wyndemere and Trecker of Pelican Bay are founding members of the Collier Citizens It's also a big part of the U.S. economy.

The more than half-mile boardwalk at Clam Pass Park provides the perfect venue to get a good look at the flora and fauna that inhabit Southwest Florida.

Electronic cigarettes have helped many in Southwest Florida quit smoking, but some worry the gadgets are becoming a dangerous fad among young people who have never smoked.

William DeShazer/Staff Naples Mayor and city council members listen in to members of the community during a Naples City Council Meeting at City Hall on Wednesday June 5, 2013.

Located at 2375 Turnberry Ct in Naples, Florida, this beautiful luxury home features amazing open water views and an abundance of upgrades.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- WINK News has new developments in the controversy surrounding Naples "Toys for Tots" program.

David Albers/Albers Beachgoers sit outside the Vanderbilt Beach Resort near tracks from earthmoving equipment and blocked-off sea turtle nests on Vanderbilt Beach on the first day of sand delivery for a Collier County beach renourishment project on Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, in Naples.

DAVID ALBERS/STAFF - Mesac Damas sits non-responsive during a pretrial hearing in Judge Ramiro Manalich's courtroom at the Collier County Courthouse on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013, in Naples.

Post office facilities around Lee and Collier counties prepared for an onslaught today, called the busiest mailing day of the holidays, by scheduling more staff and letting the public know there's more than one way to send a package or letter.

A North Naples homeowner watched from behind her sliding glass door as a family of black bears took a leisurely dip in her swimming pool last weekend.

Five years after Bernie Madoff admitted to his investors he had been running a scam, Estero resident Bruce Palmer says it is still on his family's mind all of the time.

This is where the golden parachute lands. And the private jets. And the snowbirds.

A Bonita Springs man was observed looking at his cell phone while driving drunk, Collier County sheriff's deputies say.

DAVID ALBERS/STAFF - Chris Curry, executive director at the Collier County Airport Authority, is approached by Collier County Commissioner Fred Coyle after a vote by the commission not to renew Curry's contract on Tuesday, Sept.

For decades, Midwesterners fueled Southwest Florida's long boom of population growth.