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 state is giving Florida cities and counties 98 grants totaling almost $20 million to local governments to plan for sea level rise and flooding adaptation. The single largest grant — just over $900,000 — went to the city of Key West.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says now the state won't "bend a knee" to Disney. But he has approved, and his staff helped facilitate, measures that benefited the entertainment and theme park giant.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis says now the state won't "bend a knee" to Disney. But he has approved, and his staff helped facilitate, measures that benefited the entertainment and theme park giant.
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Commissioners say they want a contract with organizers that would get rid of "fantasy zones" where being topless is allowed — if you're wearing body paint.
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Key West will celebrate its bicentennial with a time capsule. But locals are learning that an earlier capsule marking the island's 150th anniversary is AWOL.
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The crew from the USS Shark raised the American flag over Key West for the first time on March 25, 1822. Now the ship's logbook is part of local historic archives.
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One of the five seats on the Monroe County Commission has been open for more than three months. It's a stark contrast to the last time there was an opening on the board.
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A new state law aimed at preventing derelict vessels will require boats anchored offshore in the Keys to move at least every 90 days. Boaters say that will make them less safe. They also want more training and sheltering options during rough weather.
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The Overseas Railroad that ran through the Keys was wiped out by the Labor Day Hurricane in 1935. But remnants remain. One of the last mile markers is being restored and will soon be on public display.
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All kids over the age of 5 should get the COVID vaccine. That's according to Florida's leading pediatricians, who say new guidance from the state is prioritizing politics over the health of children.
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All kids over the age of 5 should get the COVID vaccine. That's according to Florida's leading pediatricians, who say new guidance from the state is prioritizing politics over the health of children.
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Opioid overdoses have been a major problem in the U.S. and Florida for years. The newer synthetic opioid fentanyl is even more dangerous. And that danger has reached the Florida Keys, where health workers are trying to distribute overdose kits as widely as they can.