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A Southwest Florida posh pet store made Cyber Monday sales a weekend event.

Black Friday remained a bright spot for Southwest Florida merchants although it will be a few days before they know how much they rang up in sales.

With many stores and malls opening tonight — some Coastland stores open at midnight and the rest at 6 a.m. Friday — shoppers can get a head start whittling off the pounds by joining the crowds of early shoppers.

Southwest Florida hotels and resorts are filling up like people gathered around the Thanksgiving dinner table.

Bonita Springs voters supported allowing slot machines at the Naples Fort Myers Greyhound Track at a greater rate than the rest of Lee County voters, a precinct analysis shows.

Karen Dunlap didn't stay away from buying meat products because of higher prices during a recent visit to Sweetbay Supermarket along Immokalee Road.

Southwest Florida rental car businesses soon will start gearing up for the start of season by bringing thousands of additional vehicles.

Lowe's no longer has plans to open a store in Bonita Springs. The North Carolina-based Lowe's listed its property, at the northeast corner of Bonita Beach Road and Old 41 Road, for sale.

A Nov. 6 referendum will let Lee County voters decide whether to allow slot machines at the Bonita Springs-based Naples Fort Myers Greyhound Track.

Toast of Naples opened its third location Thursday at 24600 U.S. 41 S. at the Shoppes at Pelican Landing plaza, adjacent to Pelican Landing in Bonita Springs. The 2,500-square-feet eatery is in the former Shrimp Shack.

Richard Akin has a passion for making sure children receive quality medical care. For his work in the medical community, Akin is one of two business leaders honored Tuesday night as a Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida 2012 Business Hall ...

With the presidential election nearing and a referendum slated on whether to allow slot machines in Bonita Springs, a statewide poll finds that 45 percent of Floridans support the creation of Vegas-style casinos in the state.

A once-popular priest at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Bonita Springs has been removed from the priesthood.

Commercial airline service isn't all that's missing at Naples Municipal Airport.The commercial terminal at the airport has had vacant spots for business for five years. And it could remain that way until the Naples airport lures more commercial carriers.

The U.S. leads the world as the biggest source country for remittances. Millions of Latin Americans working in the U.S. send home money to help their families with necessities.

"You don't belong near Walden Oaks, period," Anna Multari, who has lived at Walden Oaks for 15 years, said during the meeting Tuesday.

Everything Aimee Schlehr learned at a Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce program prepared her to expand the Naples Art Association's educational offerings.

In the wake of recent arrests of people charged with illegally renting and leasing foreclosed homes, the Collier County Sheriff's Office and Naples Area Board of Realtors are partnering to raise community awareness about rental scams so nobody becomes a ...

Food prices that consumers feared would rise because of severe weather damage to crops in the farm belt so far remain about the same in Southwest Florida.

The Naples Daily News' advertising and creative department swept 21 awards at the 2012 Florida Newspaper Advertising and Marketing Executives annual conference.

After 20 years of developing pictures, Ritz Camera & Image in Naples will soon shutter its doors.

Southwest Florida agricultural officials could take part in researching the most serious threat to Florida's orange groves.

A coalition of Collier County leaders delivered a letter to Sheriff Kevin Rambosk on Monday, urging him to end the 287(g) program.

King Richard's Family Fun Park may change the type of cars it features, from go-carts to Hyundais. Owners of the land that's now home to King Richard's amusement center on Airport-Pulling Road have applied to Collier County government to change ...

The Seminole Casino Immokalee wants to partner with other local tourism businesses to expand the local economy.

The arrival of fall on Saturday — at least on the calendar if not on the thermometer — means the summer break that some Southwest Florida restaurant operators take is about to end.

Florida's August jobless rate remained unchanged from July, standing at 8.8 percent as the economy's jerky recovery continues, the Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday.

Hundreds waited in line Friday morning to be one of the first to own the new iPhone 5.

Entrepreneurs, freelancers, small business owners and like-minded professionals in Southwest Florida now have an option when meeting with clients.

Dwindling inventory in the Naples real estate market has driven up home prices, the Naples Area Board of Realtors announced Friday.

Whether the shipment is going by air, land, sea or rail, it may get easier to move freight in Southwest Florida. Although Southwest Florida International Airport doesn't carry much freight today, compared to the Miami airport, Victoria Moreland, spokeswoman for ...

Rosemary LaRose stayed away from buying meat because of the higher prices she saw during a recent visit to Oakes Farms Market in East Naples.

In a joint "Job Happiness Survey" from Parade magazine and Yahoo! Finance that asked everything from job satisfaction to retirement, nearly 60 percent of more than 26,000 Americans said they would choose a different career.

A complaint from a local Christian media company has triggered a Federal Communications Commission investigation.

Apart from wind and rain, Tropical Storm Isaac boosted Southwest Florida’s hurricane shutter businesses, helped spike gasoline prices and possibly contributed to gas price gouging.

Florida's unemployment numbers seem to be falling into the category of politics makes strange bedfellows. Collier County’s unemployment rate jumped by nearly a full percentage point in July while the state’s increased to 8.8 percent, prompting the Republican Florida governor’s ...

A Bonita Springs councilwoman has until early next year to change her behavior, a majority of fellow council members agreed Wednesday.

A longtime Lee County clerk's office worker is closer to becoming the boss.

Sarah Hardwig will belt out the national anthem at Sun Life Stadium for the Miami Dolphins-Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason NFL game.

The Transportation Security Administration and a recent study assure passengers that full-body scanners used for security screening at the nation's airports are safe.

The Golisano Children's Museum of Naples founding executive director, Joe Cox announced Tuesday that he is leaving Naples to seek another career challenge.

In Florida, where state records show there are about 1 million residents licensed to have a concealed weapon, there's no ban on taking guns into movie theaters. But states' laws vary: it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon into ...

Plans to revitalize downtown Bonita Springs are in the works.

Bonita Springs officials will put a development order application to build a shelter in Bonita Springs on hold, for now. Until the property owner responds.

Bins stacked with fresh fruits and vegetables draw shoppers at the handful of farmers markets and flea markets in Southwest Florida.But the fresh fruits and vegetables sold there aren't inspected by local health departments, nor by the state.

If you live in Lee County and need to evacuate because of a hurricane, there’s an app for that. Lee County Emergency Management is offering LeeEvac, a mobile device app that’s free for both Apple- and Android-based phones and devices, ...

Fifth Avenue Coffee Co. in downtown Naples is one of many local businesses offering free Wi-Fi.

Two retailers at Coastland Center mall in Naples are leaving this month.

Employers can post job openings and view resumes of job-seekers on the Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce website. Job-seekers can post their resumes and view available jobs on the website as well.

Officials in both Collier and Lee counties said Tuesday the weekend's stormy conditions took a toll on the area's beaches. Officials said, however, it's too early to tell whether the storm damage will have a lasting effect on the area's ...