For our latest island getaway, we headed to Matlacha and Pine Island. The Perfect Cup: This roastery & café just down from CW Fudge is the perfect blend of upbeat and low key. Its 24 coffees ...

Brothers who run a free music program on Pine Island lost all their instruments to Hurricane Ian, but continued teaching. Fox ...

In July of 2016, Duong Ton opened Island Pho & Grill along Pine Island Road in Matlacha and spent the next six years introducing Vietnamese food to the community. Then Hurricane Ian came along.

At just 1.5 miles long, Matlacha is a local and visitor favorite, linking Cape Coral and Pine Island with cool galleries, eateries, and mom-and-pop shops. Unfortunately, this close-knit island ...

WINK News reporter Annalise Iraola said these poles add flavor to the island community. If you’ve driven through Matlacha and Pine Island, you’ve probably seen the brightly colored painted ...

At Pine Island Center, Reid Freeman was looking forward to getting his Street Eatz & Ale running again. “As soon as the power is back, I’ll be open,” he said. Rebuilding Matlacha picking up ...

On Thursday, May 15, former island Fire Chief David Bradley Sr. passed away. He was 70 years old. Bradley was born on June 14, 1954, at Barksdale Air Force Base, in Shreveport, Louisiana. He lived in ...

He told her he was fine but the island was “a disaster.” Hurricane Ian destroyed much of Matlacha, a charming fishing and artists’ community off Pine Island in southwest Florida. The photo ...

At the Board of County Commissioners meeting last Tuesday, May 20, Public Safety Director Benjamin Abes told commissioners the lease for property near Station 1, located at the corner of Stringfellow ...

One location hit particularly hard by those two hurricanes was Pine Island and the small fishing village of Matlacha. Once again it was water and wind that did the damage and even though all of ...

Matlacha and Pine Island Fire Control District crews began assessing Matlacha in the early hours of Thursday morning after Hurricane Milton began pushing further inland. According to the Matlacha ...