The persistent and growing problem of plastics in our environment is becoming increasingly clear. We're revisiting a conversation we had with a local who man who has spent his career in the world of plastics and packaging to get his insights into where we are, and where the industry is heading.

Alliance for the Arts' Theatre Conspiracy will kick off performances of playwright Steven Dietz’s 2012 dark comedy, “Rancho Mirage” next Friday night, June 14 th at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers. On Arts Edition, John Davis talks with the show’s director Anne Dodd and Sonya McCarter who’s performing in the upcoming production.

Grammy-award winning indie-folk-rock singer/songwriter and guitarist Ani DiFranco is out with a new memoir titled, “ No Walls and the Recurring Dream. ” John Davis recently connected with DiFranco for a conversation exploring her music, her early life, activism and even some political involvement right here in Southwest Florida.

The natural southward flow of water into the Everglades has been blocked by Tamiami Trail – that’s U.S. 41 – since the late 1920s. Congress recognized the need to mitigate the problem about 30 years ago, but it wasn’t until this decade that projects to raise the road got underway.

While self-driving cars used to be a thing of science fiction, they are rapidly becoming a reality. Different manufacturers in different countries are working to make them safe enough for real-world use.

Modern communication methods can sometimes falter in the wake of a major landfalling hurricane. What most people might not realize is emergency managers have a back up plan that relies on old school technology: amateur, or ham radio.

The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially began on Saturday, June 1st. And, according to a new study Floridians are more worried about hurricanes this year, likely because four major storms have hit the state in the past three years.

While nesting numbers of endangered green sea turtles in Florida can vary from year to year, the broader trend over the past few decades shows a marked increase in the animal’s population.

Once it’s completed, the massive Caloosahatchee River West Basin Storage, or C-43 reservoir, near Alva will hold about 55 billion gallons of water captured from the river and local runoff. The idea is to both reduce the amount of water released from Lake Okeechobee that makes it to the estuary during the wet season and to store water to be released during dry season to help maintain ideal salinity in the estuary. But, there is no formal plan for a water quality element to ensure the water it

Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder marked by systems such as tremors, stiffness and slow muscle movement. According to parkinsons.org , 60,000 Americans are diagnosed with the neurological disorder each year. In this encore episode, we explore the world of Parkinson's treatment with a panel of guests: Dr. Ramon A. Gil is a neurologist at the Parkinson’s Treatment Center of Southwest Florida ; Michael and Gretchen Church are a couple who both have Parkinson’s; Mary Spremulli is a