Florida Keys Officials Remind Visitors, Residents Of Closures Ahead Of July 4th Weekend
Monroe County officials are urging visitors and residents to comply with health directives to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
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Monroe County officials are urging visitors and residents to comply with health directives to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
With South Florida school districts grappling on how to reopen schools in the fall, Monroe County has come up with a flexible phase response.
A rehabilitated rare hybrid hawksbill-green sea turtle was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released at a Florida Keys beach on Friday.
A rare hybrid hawksbill-green sea turtle, rehabilitated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital, was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released from a beach Friday to join the Tour de Turtles.
If you're planning a trip to the Keys, be sure to take along a mask.
The Florida Keys is welcoming back visitors starting Monday.
The Florida Keys will be reopening to visitors and tourists starting on Monday, June 1.
If you have been aching to go to the Florida Keys, your wait is almost over. Monroe County officials announced Wednesday the reopening of the islands to visitors starting on Monday, June 1.
The state has given the green light for Monroe County to resume vacation rentals, along with hotels and other lodging establishments beginning June 1st.
A yearbook photo is a traditional memory keepsake for high school seniors, but having that photo transformed into part of a banner hanging along U.S. 1 in the Upper Florida Keys is not so common.
With the school year nearly out for the year, many parents are wondering what the new year will look like in the fall.
Two manatees rescued by Florida Keys-based marine mammal rescue volunteers were returned to Keys waters Wednesday.
The Florida Keys will open soon to visitors.
A teenager accused of killing his brother and stabbing his father Thursday morning is now in police custody.
The Florida Keys in Monroe County is opening Monday as part of the first phase of reopening the state's economy, however, it is reopening to locals only. Tourists are not being allowed back just yet amid the coronavirus pandemic.day as part of the first phase of reopening the state's economy, however, it is reopening to locals only. Tourists are now being allowed back just yet.
An orphaned infant manatee was rescued Saturday by Florida Keys-based marine mammal rescue volunteers in oceanside waters off Islamorada.
The only South Florida county set to reopen under Governor Ron DeSantis' Phase I guidelines is Monroe County.
A weekend trip to the Florida Keys won't be happening any time soon.
Monroe County Emergency Management officials have begun designing the draft framework to discuss relaxing the protective measures in the Florida Keys.
Is it time to head back to the Florida Keys, yet? No, not exactly.
Gary Marion, best known as drag queen "Sushi" who "drops" each New Year's Eve in a giant red high-heel shoe on Key West's Duval Street, is sewing colorful cloth masks for facial protection against the coronavirus.
Monroe Sheriff's Office deputies say a woman and her 61-year-old father were hit in the head with a baseball bat Saturday after warning a group of about 20 college-aged people gathered on a Florida Keys beach about social distancing due to coronavirus.
The Florida Keys are still closed to visitors but that hasn't stopped people from trying to sneak in.
The coronavirus pandemic is devastating Florida's tourism industry and few places have been hit harder than the Florida Keys.
The Florida Keys is now enforcing its closure to tourists to stem the spread of coronavirus.
It was a chilly start to the day on Friday across South Florida, but some warmer temperatures are on the way starting next week.
Charles "Sonny" Burton was convicted as an accomplice in the shooting death of Doug Battle, a customer who was killed during a robbery of an auto parts store.
Starting Friday, the state of Florida is now only offering driver's license exams in English.
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It was a chilly start to the day on Friday across South Florida, but some warmer temperatures are on the way starting next week.
Charles "Sonny" Burton was convicted as an accomplice in the shooting death of Doug Battle, a customer who was killed during a robbery of an auto parts store.
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