DEVELOPING TROPICAL STORM COULD MAKE SOME KEYS ROADS IMPASSABLE
A disturbance inching its way toward South Florida and the Florida Keys is expected to become a tropical storm later today. That’s according to the National Hurricane...
DETAILS EMERGE IN FATAL PARASAIL COLLISION AT SEVEN MILE BRIDGE
Details continue to emerge in reports investigating a parasailing accident that left one woman dead and her son and nephew with injuries on May 30.
According to FWC...
REMNANTS FROM HURRICANE AGATHA COULD BRING WEAK TROPICAL STORM TO THE KEYS
June 1 starts a six-month hurricane season that forecasters say could bring 14 to 21 named storms due to La Niña and warmer Atlantic temperatures.
Remnants from Hurricane...
STATE LEGISLATORS ADDRESS PROPERTY INSURANCE CRISIS
A reinsurance program and a crackdown on fraudulent roof claims are among the proposals approved during a special session in Tallahassee to address a property insurance crisis.
Senate...
CITY OF MARATHON RECEIVES GRANTS FOR COASTAL PLANS & FIRE RESCUE EQUIPMENT
In May, the city of Marathon announced it has received a $240,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection. The funds from the Office of Resilience...
IN PICTURES: MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AT ISLAMORADA’S HURRICANE MONUMENT REMEMBERS THE FALLEN
The American flag swayed to the breeze as local residents and dignitaries came out to the 1935 Hurricane Monument in Islamorada for the annual Memorial Day ceremony...
AUCTIONS CLOSE FOR 3 ICONIC KEYS LIGHTHOUSES
It’s no secret that real estate prices in the Keys are at an all-time high. Apparently, the same goes for lighthouses.
In bidding wars that quickly narrowed to...
BREAKING NEWS: TEXAS MAN KILLED IN ISLAMORADA BOATING ACCIDENT
A boat riding off the shores of Islamorada struck a power pole, killing a Texas man and injuring several others during the late afternoon on May 22.
Florida...
EXPERTS PREDICT ABOVE-NORMAL HURRICANE SEASON
Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive...
COUNTY STILL CONSIDERING PROPERTY SWAPS & SWEARS IN NEW COMMISSIONER
The county commission meeting on May 18 saw more discussions than decisions about potential property swaps between Monroe County and the city of Key West. But commissioners...
