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Collier County staff is looking to hear from the public for as it moves forward with an estimated $600,000 project to replace the path that currently runs on the west side of Vanderbilt Drive between 111th Avenue North and Bonita ...

Letter to readers: Editor Phil Lewis announces initiative, the Lighthouse Project

South Lee County real estate transactions from Jan. 22 - 28, 2012

Collier County real estate transactions from Dec. 26, 2011 - Jan. 1, 2012

Former Orion Bank President Jerry Williams pleaded guilty today, admitting for the first time in public his illegal activities to save the bank that ultimately caused it to fail.

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks jumped sharply in morning trading on news that the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in 2 years. The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 150 points.

The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.

Employers went on a hiring spree in January and drove down the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month to 8.3 percent, its lowest point in nearly three years.

The economy likely produced another solid month of hiring in January, a promising start for 2012.

Naples shoppers took it for granted that they could always get a Big Mac or a Happy Meal at the mall’s food court, but McDonald’s closed its Coastland Center location this week after operating there for more than 25 years.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers took the first step Thursday toward joining the ongoing national battle to force online retailers to start collecting sales taxes.

A technological issue is preventing readers from logging on to the NDN eEdition this morning.

Facebook is baring its business soul. The unveiling came late Wednesday when the company that depends on people to share their lives online filed its plans to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock.

Facebook is friending Wall Street: The Internet social network is going public in a stock offering that could value it at up to $100 billion, eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard.

The roads are busier for a reason. It's season, and tourism is on the rise in Southwest Florida.