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SHELTERS
The Red Cross is operating temporary shelters 24/7 in the following locations and providing food, a secure and safe place, and cots. Residents should bring water, bedding,...
The best and worst Irma rumors
Even before Hurricane Irma was 200 miles offshore, it started. Sharknado was going to hit the Florida Keys. What? Wait, WHAT? Yes supposedly Irma’s spinning metropolis was...
State of Marathon
“This is going to be a long-term restoration process,” said Gov. Rick Scott when he visited Marathon City Hall on Sept. 18, eight days after Hurricane Irma...
WHAT’S NEXT? Thoughts on Irma, 10 days after
From the third floor of my ringside seat for Irma, the palm tree outside the balcony swayed like a boxer who had gone limp, its head hunched...
Fishermen’s field hospital opened Sept. 26
A temporary field hospital is open in Fishermen's parking lot in Marathon.
Fishermen’s Hospital will be rebuilt, representatives say.
That’s the message from Baptist Health South Florida about Fishermen’s...
Local rides out the storm on his boat.
Robert “Bob” Keyt almost said goodbye to The Last Farewell. His 38-foot Downeaster was docked at Pancho’s Marina and Fuel Dock during Hurricane Irma. During the storm,...
