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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The annual two-day lobster mini season is controversial in the Florida Keys — and sometimes dangerous. This year there are some new efforts to make things safer for lobster hunters and the environment. -
The images on display at the Key West Art & Historical Society's Custom House Museum show people who worked for the Overseas Railroad as it was nearing completion, and who lived in Key West when the island was South Florida's biggest and most prosperous city.
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A Key West plumber, whose passion is metal detecting on island beaches, recently returned a lost treasure — after three decades underwater.
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The Florida Legislature has banned voters from regulating ports, as Key West voters did last November when they approved limits on the cruise ship industry. City commissioners said they want to find a way to implement the will of the voters.
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Monroe County just opened its first new library in decades. And this new library isn't just for a new century — it's for a different world.
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Key West's precedent-setting limits on cruise ships to the island, approved by voters last November, were overturned in a transportation bill signed this week by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The city's mayor says they'll find ways to get them back.
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The Florida Keys are one of the nation's most vulnerable areas to sea level rise and are facing billions in costs to raise roads and elevate homes. Multiple meetings and workshops the week of June 21 focus on what local residents can expect and how they can adapt.
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The event will include a solemn ceremony Friday at the African Cemetery on Higgs Beach, and an all-day concert Saturday, with a parade featuring Carnival costumes and Caribbean music.
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For more than five years, a disease has been wiping out corals that provide the foundation for Florida's reef tract. Now it's reached the most remote and healthy area of the reef.
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The 13 men from Key West honored by the new memorial were among the nation's first Black marines and enlisted to fight in World War II - then faced bigotry when they returned to their island home.
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As people get ready to head out onto the water in large numbers over the holiday weekend, the state has released its annual report on accidents. The Keys are in the top spot — as they have been for 11 out of the last 14 years.
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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.
