PUNTA GORDA ISLES -- Hurricane Charley turned Punta Gorda Isles' winding canalfront lots into war zones of flying roof tiles. Now, more than nine months later, the storm's damage has spurred a glut of ...

With the many miles coastline in Southwest Florida cities are preparing for future sea level rise. Punta Gorda leaders actually started preparing for changes a decade ago, but now they are changing ...

One of Charlotte County's most influential developers, Alfred M. Johns, who built the Punta Gorda Isles and Deep Creek communities and helped push Charlotte into the post-World War II growth boom, ...