Dear Editor: We, as Lee County citizens, have so much to be proud of. We have outstanding state, county, city and civic leadership. We see booming economic development. We are blessed with outstanding universities, colleges, and public schools. We enjoy numerous...

By Justin Smith The 2020 tax filing season has opened! The Internal Revenue Service expects more than 150 million returns will be filed this year, and almost 75% of those are likely to receive a tax refund. The IRS indicated that the average tax refund in 2019 was...

By Bruce Green My wife Janice is watching The Crown and is somewhere in the third season. There was an episode she wanted me to watch (Moondust) that was about Prince Philip experiencing a crisis of faith. Anytime you watch something based on history, there is usually...

Dear Editor: On January 15, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the recent decade was the hottest ever recorded, caused largely by burning fossil fuels, which increases greenhouse gases (GHGs) in Earth’s atmosphere, leading to more...