The damage assessment from Hurricane Helene was still rising more than a week after the storm impacted Longboat Key. As of ...

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation has partnered with Southern Smoke Foundation to help Helene-impacted local service ...

Two Lehigh Acres men are facing decades in prison in unrelated cases that involve allegations of defrauding the Small ...

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime ...

Follow the Business Observer for updates on airport closures and flight cancellations as Milton approaches the Gulf Coast.

Midwest Transport Inc. announced the closing and the layoffs in a letter to state officials, writing that the job cuts come ...

Ready Chapter 1 (RC1), a startup platform for independent authors with a presence at Catapult in Lakeland and Embarc ...

After conducting a national search for its new leader, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast has named Kamala Martinez ...

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a sporting goods store opens in Fort Myers, BayCare buys a former Barnes & ...

The Sandpiper Inn on Longboat Key was hit hard by flooding during Hurricane Helene, leaving the owners little choice but to ...

Preliminary damage estimates are tracking over $1 billion across Sarasota and Manatee counties, according to interviews with ...