Monroe County

The cruise industry went more than a year without passengers but the business has staged a big rebound as it works to pay back billions in debt.

Dr. Joseph Dituri raised his face to the sun for the first time since March 1, when he started living in an underwater lodge at the bottom of a Key Largo lagoon.

Street performers at the popular Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square in Key West can juggle knives or defy gravity with acrobatic stunts — but since a tourist suffered a burn in January, they can’t use fire in their acts until further notice. A full-time fire spinner is grappling with the fire shutdown, while others fear for the popular show's future.

Five years after Hurricane Irma damaged Fort Jefferson, one of the park's most popular attractions, the National Park Service is moving foward with repairs.

Mallory Square is Key West's famous tourist spot for watching the sunset. The lead Florida Keys historian for the Monroe County Public Library system said it's not named for Stephen Mallory who was secretary of the Confederate Navy.

Nonstop migrant landings in the Florida Keys has overwhelmed federal law enforcement agencies. But the county must deal with the boats left behind in an already fragile environment.

Over the weekend, 300 migrants arrived at the sparsely populated Dry Tortugas National Park. The park was closed so that law enforcement and medical personnel could evaluate the migrants before moving them to Key West.

Motorists who speed through selected school zones on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway during the holidays might get an onion from the Grinch instead of a traffic citation.

Former state Rep. Robert Asencio believes South Dade and Monroe County independents and Latinos will help him unseat GOP Congressman Carlos Gimenez.

Fresh off her coverage of Hurricane Ian in Key West, WLRN's new Florida Keys reporter joins sundial Now to discuss storms, affordability and other headlines from the southernmost point. Gwen was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered Hurricane Katrina for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and over a decade ago made Key West her home.

Fresh off her coverage of Hurricane Ian in Key West, WLRN's new Florida Keys reporter joins sundial Now to discuss storms, affordability and other headlines from the southernmost point. Gwen was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered Hurricane Katrina for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and over a decade ago made Key West her home.

A juvenile green sea turtle that underwent multiple surgeries to remove cauliflower-like tumors was released last week off the Florida Keys with a satellite-tracking transmitter.