Nancy Klingener
ReporterNancy Klingener was WLRN's Florida Keys reporter until July 2022.
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 Florida Keys will be open to everyone again starting on June 1. That's when Monroe County plans to take down its checkpoint at the county line and… -
The hotel industry in the Florida Keys normally leads the state in occupancy and room rates this time of year. But the coronavirus has changed… -
Monroe County is officially closed to visitors, with a checkpoint at the county line turning people away. Some in Key West say it's time to open up to the… -
Big Pine Key was the epicenter for Hurricane Irma's impact on the Florida Keys back in September of 2017. The eye of the category four storm went just… -
A plan to test genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys has received approval from the federal government.For more than five years, a British… -
Mainland South Florida has the most cases of COVID-19 in the state. Monroe County, to the south has far fewer cases — but it's also got a much smaller… -
A plan to add 1,300 affordable rental units to the Florida Keys is a step closer to reality, as a state administrative law judge sided with the cities… -
Monroe County has essentially tried to self-isolate an entire island chain. The Keys shut down tourism — its primary industry — and put up a checkpoint to… -
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Saturday that students in Florida public schools will not be returning to their physical campuses this school year."We spoke… -
The four South Florida counties are coordinating on a plan for phased re-opening of outdoor spaces, retail and hotels. It's called the new normal… -
In Monroe County, tourism provides the primary source of jobs and sales tax revenues. So the county has been hit hard as coronavirus shut down all travel.… -
This essay was part of an episode of The Sunshine Economy, focused entirely on the impact of the coronavirus on the tourism industry of the Keys:The Keys…
