Boating

Yusiel Lopez Insua pleaded guilty to seaman's manslaughter. Officials say he was piloting a tugboat pushing a construction barge that ran over a sailboat. Three girls were trapped in the wreckage and drowned.

County commissioners will decide in October if boats will be allowed to anchor for more than 30 days off Miami's coastline.

A female loggerhead sea turtle, named after the 1980s rock icon was found on the beach with her hind end missing after being hit by a boat.

Yusiel Lopez Insua, 46, of Miami, faces a charge of seaman’s manslaughter in the July collision, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.

As more than 700 young sailors prepare for the Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta. Coconut Grove’s sailing community faces lingering concerns about safety, crowded waterways.

In the past year, the State of Florida, Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami have come up with laws designed to crack down on those who live outside designated, regulated mooring fields by limiting the time a boater can anchor in one place and restricting areas where sailors can drop anchor, citing the damage caused to the environment and threats to public safety.

Local municipalities are ramping up enforcement of a recently passed mooring law, causing an uproar among South Florida’s boating communities.

Electric vehicle fires after flood events represent a significant challenge to the modern fire service. Storm surge from Hurricane Helene last September caught many residents off guard, according to Hillsborough County Firefighter Captain Jeff Hartzner.

Conservationists worry a new law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis takes away wildlife officials' best defense against poachers.

The deceased and injured were among 45 people aboard the Clearwater Ferry. The crash was declared "a mass casualty incident" by Clearwater Fire & Rescue.

Miami Beach is tired of a community of live-aboard boaters anchored just offshore. It's adopted policies limiting their access, including making it illegal to tie up dinghies at a city boat launch.

Boating safety issue is in the spotlight following last Saturday’s death of a teenage girl who was wake boarding with friends off Key Biscayne.