Florida Keys

Even parts of Old Town Key West, like the intersection of Greene and Elizabeth streets, flooded during recent full moon high tides.

Keys Prepares For Rising Tides, More Frequent Floods

Nancy Klingener

Recent full moon high tides combined with weather systems off the Atlantic coast to bring more than a week of "nuisance flooding" to streets along the...

Veterinarian Doug Mader removes fibropapilloma tumors from a patient at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon.

Keys Turtle Hospital On Cutting Edge Of Saving Sea Turtles

Nancy Klingener

The unassuming blue-green building in Marathon once housed a strip club. Now it is a modern medical facility on the cutting edge of veterinary medicine...

The American Foundation For Suicide Prevention organizes Out of the Darkness suicide prevention walks all over the country. This year there will be a walk in the Keys.

Keys Holds First Suicide Prevention Walk

Nancy Klingener

The Florida Keys has a national reputation for being laid back and carefree — margaritaville. But Monroe County, which encompasses the island chain,...

Environment

Upper Keys Fishing Guide Discusses New Everglades Park Plan

Everglades National Park has released its new management plan. It’s the first update to the park rules since 1979. And while the classic image of the…

The legal document that lays out the Lime Grove subdivision in Key West says that only those of the "Caucasian race" can live or use buildings there. It makes an exception for domestic servants.

Racist Restriction Remains In Key West Property Books

Nancy Klingener

When the Lime Grove subdivision in Key West was created in 1941, the legal document laying out the lots included some restrictions. One of them says...

Key West has been one of the nation's wealthiest enclaves, on and off, since the 19th century. The Southernmost House was built for $250,000 in 1896.

Key West Ranks As One Of Nation's Richest Small Towns

Nancy Klingener

The financial news service Bloomberg created a list of the 50 wealthiest small towns in America and only one is in Florida: Key West. The southernmost...

Duval is Key West's signature street, home to iconic establishments including Sloppy Joe's.

Key West's Main Drag May Get A Make-Over

Nancy Klingener

Stretching just over a mile from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, Key West's Duval Street has something for everyone. It's got high-end...

A developer wants to build a new shopping center in the Lower Keys; the anchor tenant would be Wal-Mart.

Proposed Keys Shopping Center Could Include Housing

Nancy Klingener

Developers want to build what would be the biggest shopping center in the Florida Keys — 335,000 square feet — on the site of a former Rockland Key...

Key West Man Arrested In Backpack Bomb Terror Plan

Nancy Klingener

A Key West man was arrested this week on a federal charge after planning to bury a backpack timer bomb on the beach and set it off remotely with a cell...

Environment

Scientist Hopes To Save Critical Coral In Florida Keys

Jessica Meszaros

AMote Marine Laboratory scientist will try to find out why a type of coral in the Florida Keys is dying. Staghorn corals help create reefs and provide a…