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Lee County health officials are urging residents to take precautions against mosquitoes after seeing a small spike in chickens testing positive for West Nile Virus.

Details released Friday about how claims will be paid from BP PLC's $20 billion fund show that how close geographically a person or business is to the Gulf oil spill will play a key role.

A rift seems to be brewing among supporters of the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife with allegations that a handful of employees were forced out and that rescuing animals is becoming a secondary focus.

The Downtown Diva was thrilled last Saturday evening at Arts for ACT because she FINALLY got to see some MEN.

The Sanibel Causeway used to be bike-tolerant; now it's bike-friendly. It's a triumph for those who want to see our roads made fully and safely usable by bicyclists and pedestrians.

SANIBEL, Fla- A ribbon cutting ceremony will officially open the improved bike path over the Sanibel Causeway.

On Wednesday, Lee County Emergency Management will test its new emergency public notification system that will alert residents and employers about health and safety issues ranging from a widespread mandatory hurricane evacuation to a partial neighborhood lockdown due to law enforcement action in the area.

'Amar, abrir la puerta prohibida" - "To love is to open the forbidden door" - quotes a character in Christopher Brookhouse's title story, "Loving Ryan," one of three novellas in his new volume from Asheville's Safe Harbor Books.

Cypress Cove, a retirement community on the HealthPark campus in south Fort Myers, celebrated its ribbon-cutting and induction into the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce in April.

Ten people, including two children, were involved in a two-vehicle crash on Sanibel Causeway around 4:30 p.m. A male driver of a Hyundai Santa Fe heading onto Sanibel Island drove head-on into a South Seas Island Resort van bringing employees off the island, said Lee County Sheriff's Spokeswoman Sgt.