Monroe County

With the Nov. 3 election near and early voting underway in South Florida, candidates from both major parties along with voter mobilization groups are rallying voters to get to the polls.

The proposed tax cut referendum could cut funding to the agency that oversees flood control to over 9 million people by over $415 million over the next five years.

The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated six migrants to Cuba on Tuesday following two separate operations in the Florida Straits involving a rustic vessel and the rescue of a disabled fishing boat.

Monroe County and the City of Marathon will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with a Semiquincentennial Sunset Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 10 on the Old Seven Mile Bridge.

The Florida Policy Institute launched a new website Tuesday morning. It allows the user to search by zip code, county or service to see how Amendment 3 could impact two-year funding for all public services, including special districts.

The extensive report — "The State of South Florida Local News: Community Needs & Opportunities" — offers a sweeping analysis of how residents across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties access and evaluate local information. The three counties are home to about 4.7 million people.

The investment in local news is designed to help local media outlets build more sustainable business operations and increase access to critical information for residents across Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties in what is the first round of Press Forward South Florida grants.

The construction of the large housing development in south Miami-Dade comes at a time when the county’s shortage of affordable rental homes stands at about 70,000 to 90,000 units.

In late August and early September, the largest collection of Florida's most endangered coral spawned in a Key Largo nursery. Thousands of babies are now being raised in labs around the state, which scientists hope could help revive elkhorn coral on North America's only barrier reef.

A hasty summons for national park superintendents to attend regional meetings later this month has triggered alarms that more downsizing could be in store.

Storm systems are named by procedures set by the World Meteorological Organization, and the lists of names are reused every six years. For the Atlantic region, the lists are alphabetical and alternate male and female names.

Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, was released following days of uncertainty after U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested him in Key West, according to a statement posted to Facebook by his family.