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        Naples

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        AP via Scripps News Group

        Downtown Fort Myers

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        Hunter Walterman
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        Sanibel

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        Austin Schargorodski
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        National Politics

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        World News

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        National News

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        Cape Coral

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        National Politics

        Wall Street edges higher in a wobbly start to 2026

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        Downtown Fort Myers

        Fort Myers Innovation Walk moves forward with master plan development

        Miyoshi Price
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        Naples

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        Fake water inspectors target Immokalee neighbors in door-to-door scam

        Immokalee

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        World News

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        Local News

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        World News

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        Weather

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        Cape Coral

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        Sanibel

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        Weather

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