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Every year a lighted Christmas tree appears on the old Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys — on a section that's not connected to land. WLRN spoke with a couple of the "elves" behind the annual lighting and decoration of Fred the Tree.
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In the Florida Keys, health officials are fighting to stop the spread of COVID-19. But they've also got another fight on their hands. For the second time in a little more than a decade, there's an outbreak of dengue fever on the island chain.
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The Keys are set to become the first place in the U.S. to release genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the kind that can transmit diseases like Zika and dengue.
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Spiking coronavirus numbers in the Florida Keys are causing consternation among public officials, and questions about whether the county will once again...
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The Florida Keys will reopen to tourists on June 1, more than two months after the island chain closed to visitors to minimize the spread of the…
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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is closing all state parks to the public effective Monday.In the announcement, which came Sunday night,…
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Coping with storm surge fueled by rising seas in the Keys means elevating homes, buyouts in vulnerable areas, protecting important places like hospitals...
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The coronavirus is affecting the local economy through important local industries, like tourism. It's also having a severe impact on another industry —...
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The Florida Keys has been battered by hurricanes, flooded by sea level rise and is gentrifying quickly. But one state lawmaker from Naples wants to add…
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As local governments try to navigate the new world of sea level rise swamping their roads, one thing is clear. Whether they raise them or abandon them,…
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There's a big pot of money coming to Florida from the federal government to help communities hit hard by recent hurricanes be more resilient in future...
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Initial reporting can leave lasting impressions after a hurricane — and that can be really damaging to a tourism destination.