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      • Arcadia
        DeSoto County's only hospital considers sale amid financial uncertainty
        Hunter Walterman
        Weather
        FORECAST: Scattered sea breeze storms early in the afternoon
        Andrew Shipley
        Fort Myers Beach
        Fort Myers Beach needs to replace more than 10% of island’s fire hydrants
        Anvar Ruziev
        Naples
        Haitian TPS holders in Collier County fear return as status set to expire
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Lee County
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        Bella Line
        Port Charlotte
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        Alex Orenczuk
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        Cape Coral

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        Alligator Alcatraz

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        WFTX Digital Team
        Christopher McDermott-Rivera

        DeSoto County

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        WFTX Digital Team
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        Cape Coral

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        Fort Myers Metro South

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