Last year, more than three-fourths of the businesses on the top 10 list for highest property tax payments in the county came from businesses headquartered outside the state, county tax records show.

Lee County homeowners should expect a notice of proposed property taxes, also known as a “Truth In Millage” (TRIM) notice for 2025. The TRIM notice shows property owners the assessed value and how ...

Incumbent Matt Caldwell threw his hat in the ring for reelection to the office of Lee County Property Appraiser. As previously reported, since Hurricane Ian, the property appraiser's office has been ...

When Lee County commissioners held their first budget workshop in April commissioners questioned state projections that the county tax base would increase by only 5.8%. They were right to question, ...

For more than half a decade, a large part of a 63-year-old office building has been sitting half vacant in downtown Fort Myers, a relic from when it first opened as the Inter-County Telephone & ...

A man with a long criminal history faces a new murder charge after Lee County investigators found a barrel with human remains in concrete on his property. A man with a long criminal history faces a ...