The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an above-average hurricane season, including up to six major hurricanes and 14-21 named storms, it announced this week.&nbs…
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While Capt. Waylon Mills has a real knack for finessing tarpon to the hook, his wife, Angie Mills, has a hot hand with a camera. Here are some of her great shots of the…
This shot above of a rotating wall cloud (at right) taken by Kelsey Malecha on Monday, May 23 from Boca Grande Pass. The storm was westbound from Charlotte Harbor.
A once-in-a-lifetime…
The Boca Grande Fire Department has kept relatively busy with a quite diverse grouping of calls in the last two weeks.
On Saturday, May 14 at 5:21 p.m. the fire department was called for mutual…
As the sea turtles go about nesting on our beaches, it is both an exciting and promising event for patrollers. Freshly dug nests which contain many eggs are worthy of celebration for other predato…
This story was written by Bob Edic, an island historian and archaeologist whose work played a major role in our history. Some of the people interviewed in this work have passed, but the informatio…
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The bite was strong and many anglers bowed to the silver king in the last two days, with 82 releases documented in the 2022 W…
