Florida Keys

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.

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.

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.

An important artifact from the founding of what was then Dade County is headed for public display — in the Florida Keys.

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.

A bill regulating boats is making its way through this year's Florida Legislature. One provision applies only to the Keys. And while it's aimed at one local problem it could make another much worse.

A controversy surrounding vaccine access in the Florida Keys after it was revealed that a wealthy community received doses back in January. Plus, a panel discussion over the future for Puerto Rican statehood.

Under pressure from the state, the Monroe County school district is coming up with a plan for all students to return to full-time on-campus learning by the end of the month.

After learning that residents of the ultra-wealthy Ocean Reef Club in North Key Largo received coronavirus vaccines in early January — well before most Floridians had a chance to sign up for the shot — Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is renewing calls for a federal investigation into vaccine access in Florida.

A wealthy gated community for seniors aged 65 and older in the Florida Keys had been vaccinated by Mid-January , according to a newsletter emailed to its residents.

A plane that's been parked at the Key West Airport for almost two decades could have a new life ahead of it. It won't be in the air — it will be under water.

The state has already spent nearly $1 million on building the first pedestrian bridge over the Overseas Highway in the Keys. But now the state has scrapped the project, at the request of the Islamorada village council.