Nancy Klingener
ReporterNancy Klingener covers the Florida Keys for WLRN. Since moving to South Florida in 1989, she has worked for the Miami Herald, Solares Hill newspaper and the Monroe County Public Library.
She is a Spring 2014 graduate of the Transom Story Workshop. She is on the board of the Key West Literary Seminar.
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After Monroe County's hurricane re-entry sticker program was abused during the COVID-19 checkpoint last year, the county came up with a new system — stickers that have bar codes and are color-coded by area. -
Key West voted to cut down on cruise ship traffic and ban the sale of certain sunscreens. In both cases, the Florida Legislature stepped in to overturn the island's precedent-setting moves before they could take effect.
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State wildlife officials are considering whether to allow people to catch and keep goliath grouper for the first time in more than 30 years.
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After being canceled last year because of the pandemic, the annual Hemingway Look-Alike contest is set to return to Key West, the island where the writer lived in the 1930s.
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A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to help the Keys adapt to climate change would elevate almost 4,700 homes and floodproof more than 1,000 businesses. Total pricetag: $2.8 billion.
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One of the last ways to live relatively cheaply in the Florida Keys is on a boat, especially "on the hook," or anchored out but it's not the idyllic easy life that you might imagine.
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Boxes containing the eggs of genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, water and a little food are being placed in six locations in the Lower and Middle Keys this week. It's the first trial of its kind in the United States.
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More than 20 people traveled more than 600 miles from the Keys to Tallahassee to make their voices heard on a bill that would overturn Key West's limits on cruise ships.
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Since the coronavirus pandemic began, cruise ships have been shut down. In Key West, Fla., which has been long dependent on tourism, local officials have noticed cleaner water and fewer crowds.
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An important artifact from the founding of what was then Dade County is headed for public display — in the Florida Keys.
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Advocates for limiting cruise ships in Key West say water quality improved while they were gone. A new study from Florida International University backs them up.
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Spiny lobster season in Florida ends with the month of March. And the first full pandemic fishing season saw mixed results, with prices bouncing back but lobster missing from some key areas.
