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Wednesday, Jan 27
Coral in Florida Keys suffers lethal hit from cold
Bitter cold this month may have wiped out many of the shallow water corals in the Keys. Scientists have only begun assessments, with dive teams looking for ``bleaching'' that is a telltale indicator of temperature stress in sensitive corals, but initial reports are bleak. The impact coul...
Thursday, Jan 7
Helpful driver may have hit people he took to Florida Keys hospital
Florida Highway Patrol officers are looking for a man who took two traffic victims to a Monroe County hospital. They think he was the one who ran them over.
Monday, Dec 14
Cheeca Lodge reopening in time for Christmas
Workers wearing ``Git 'er Done'' T-shirts were painting fences, resurfacing the driveway, laying carpet, replanting palm trees and pouring new sand onto the beach last week at the Florida Keys' iconic Cheeca Lodge & Spa.
Thursday, Nov 26
Construction in high gear on Keys heritage trail
The Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail is a work in progress, as Phil and Debbie Jones of Virginia discovered during a hike earlier this month of the entire island chain, from Key Largo to Key West. The Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail is a work in progress, as Phil and Debbie Jones of V...
Thursday, Nov 5
Sky divers descend on Florida Keys for sky diving event
Thrill-seekers from around the country will be in Marathon this weekend to see the tropical island views -- from 13,500 feet. Sky divers began leaping from planes over the island chain Thursday, the opening day of the Keys Boogie sky-diving weekend that ends Sunday.
Tuesday, Nov 3
Body found in Florida Keys mangroves identified
Monroe County sheriff's detectives have identified the body found a week ago wrapped in plastic and washed up in the mangroves of Jewfish Key. Using fingerprints, detectives identified the dead woman as Christine Marie Kaye, 48. Her last known address was the town of Lake Park in Palm Beac...
Saturday, Oct 24
Long-spined sea urchin makes comeback in Florida Keys
Amid 300-pound groupers, curious barracudas and a rainbow of tropical fish attracted to a new artificial reef off Key West, a tiny creature is causing a big stir among conservationists: the long-spined sea urchin.
Friday, Oct 16
Florida Keys' Overseas Highway named All-American Road
The Florida Keys' Overseas Highway has made the grade. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday morning in Washington that the 110-mile stretch of U.S. 1 from Key Largo to Key West -- with its 42 bridges linking the scenic island chain -- has been designated an All-American R...
Thursday, Oct 8
2 Florida Keys men admit poaching lobster
Two Keys men have pleaded guilty to poaching 8,500 pounds of lobster from illegally dumped debris piles known as ``casitas.'' John Buckheim and Nick Demauro, both 23 of Baypoint, admitted to harvesting the lobster, some before the season opened, and selling it to a Key West fish house for...
Wednesday, Aug 26
Florida Keys dad, son charged with lobster theft
A father and son from Key Largo were arrested Tuesday on charges of stealing lobsters from traps in the Florida Keys, according to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Sunday, Aug 23
In the Florida Keys, staghorn, elkhorn coral making a comeback
Every August or September on nights following a full moon, divers descend into the dark, warm waters off the Florida Keys to watch group sex -- a fascinating reproductive eruption known as the annual coral spawn.
Tuesday, Aug 11
Motorcyclists flee police in Florida Keys; 1 dies
Three friends spotted speeding on their motorcycles Sunday night in the Florida Keys stepped on the gas when deputies tried to pull them over, reaching speeds more than 100 mph as they tried to flee down curvy, busy U.S. 1.
Thursday, Aug 6
2 men die in Florida Keys lobster dives
On Thursday, the opening day of the regular lobster season, two Florida men died in separate diving accidents in the Florida Keys while hunting for the crustaceans, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said.
Sunday, Aug 2
Two Florida Keys men accused of poaching lobsters
Two Florida Keys residents appeared in Miami federal court Monday, charged with illegally harvesting $11,400 worth of spiny lobsters from an artificial habitat placed in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Saturday, Aug 1
Head-on crash in Florida Keys leaves three people dead
Three young men died and one was critically injured Saturday in a head-on collision south of the Florida Keys' Seven Mile Bridge, police said. Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Pat Santangelo said the crash happened near mile marker 38 on the Overseas Highway. Santangelo said a white Chevy pickup...
