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      • Cape Coral
        Local experts push back on ‘Worst Housing Market’ label for Cape Coral
        Bella Line
        Weather
        FORECAST: Hot afternoon on the way, rain chances increase later this week
        Katie Walls
        Fort Myers Metro South
        RSW REACTS: TSA gives the boot to airport security shoe removal rule
        Austin Schargorodski
        Downtown Fort Myers
        Cape Coral councilwoman joins Fort Myers restaurant to aid Texas flood victims
        Miyoshi Price
        National News
        A DEADLY PATTERN: Guadalupe River flooding echoes tragedies of 1932 and 1987
        Katie Walls
        Naples
        Memorial approved for 14-year-old killed in North Naples e-bike crash
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Lehigh Acres
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        Victoria Quevedo
        Naples
        Controversial project on Immokalee Road advances with reduced affordable housing
        Mahmoud Bennett
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        'North Port University' offers inside look at city government
        Hunter Walterman

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