Captiva Island, Florida Mold Remediation

There's growing belief Southwest Florida in general and Gasparilla Island in particular will escape the Black Tide.

Sea turtles are crawling up on Southwest Florida beaches to nest, but returning to the Gulf without laying eggs, in record numbers this year.

The clown opens a giant storybook, and suddenly the circus bursts to life all around him.

Part-time Punta Rassa residents Lee and Carl Koneval were looking for something to do on Memorial Day and instead got duped.

Romie ingests oral chemotherapy pills daily, with larger doses on the weekends. Next up are ample quantities of steroids two times daily for one week a month.

Charlie Crist appointed John Manning, of Cape Coral to take the open seat in Lee County's District 1. Manning, 60, is a former two-term Cape Coral council member and Lee commissioner.

Kristie Anders of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation explains that the chances of oil impacting Sanibel and Captiva Islands are slim.

BP has paid almost $181,600 in damage claims to Southwest Florida, but the local impact of the Gulf spill is almost as hard to pin down as the oil itself.

As with the dunes lining its Gulf shoreline, change occurs slowly on Sanibel's restaurant scene.

A long holiday weekend won't bring back the boom times, but it's still a blessing for many Southwest Florida beach resorts and businesses.