The action came during Monday’s regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, with the passage of a resolution ...

Lee County commissioners agreed on Tuesday to enact a burn ban, declaring a State of Local Emergency to do so. Public Safety ...

Polk County's average drought index reading surpassed 500 on Tuesday, indicating an elevated chance of wildfires.

Burn bans play a big role in reducing the chance of a catastrophic wildfire. Wildfires, along with being destructive, pull a ...

Lee became the first county this year to reach the 600-mark on the Florida Forestry Service's Keetch Bryam Drought Index, ...

Farmers are bracing for dry conditions to continue as spring planting season comes around. The lack of rain has a trickle-down effect.

On April 19, 1995, a former U.S. Army soldier parked a rented Ryder truck loaded with a powerful bomb made of fertilizer and ...