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* CHARLOTTE COUNTY SCHOOLS CLOSED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELLED TODAY BUT FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PLANS HAVEN'T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET
* SCHOOLS IN DESOTO, GLADES, & HENDRY CLOSED TODAY...SARASOTA SCHOOLS CLOSED TODAY AND TOMORROW
* FGCU CLOSED TODAY (DECISION ABOUT TOMORROW ANNOUNCED AT 3 PM TODAY)
* MANY roads closed in DT Punta Gorda, police urging drivers to observe road closure signs and not drive around them - or even better, just stay home
* FPL Reports 230 total outages, 70 of which have been restored in Charlotte - 0 in Desoto
* UPDATED: Charlotte County offices and facilities and the Charlotte County Tax Collector offices will be closed Thursday, Sept. 26 and Friday, Sept. 27 due to Hurricane Helene. Charlotte County mini-transfer facilities and the landfill will be closed Thursday, Sept. 26. The offices of the Charlotte County Clerk of the Circuit Court and the Charlotte County Justice Center will be closed Thursday.
For storm information, call the Charlotte County Emergency Operations Center at 941-833-4000
* Curbside collection will not occur for Charlotte Cy. Thursday, Sept. 26. Curbside and collection will tentatively resume tomorrow BUT please wait to put carts out for collection until tomorrow morning. Thursday pickups will occur tomorrow, and Friday pickups will be on Saturday.
* Punta Gorda garbage collection is suspended today but expected to resume tomorrow.
* AMERICAN AIRLINES AND UNITED HAVE CANCELLED ALL FLIGHTS OUT OF RSW TODAY