Gov. Scott: 'Florida Keys Are Open For Business'
Florida Governor Rick Scott wants everyone to know the Florida Keys are back open and he's there to support.
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Florida Governor Rick Scott wants everyone to know the Florida Keys are back open and he's there to support.
Authorities say a naked drunk Florida man wanted to know if his .45-caliber gun and shotgun worked, so he fired them into the air.
Three weeks after Hurricane Irma devastated parts of the Florida Keys, a post-storm curfew has now been lifted.
The Florida Keys officially reopened to visitors Sunday, three weeks after Hurricane Irma impacted the island chain Sept. 10.
The Florida Keys tourism council is set to launch a $1 million advertising campaign Sunday to promote the return of visitors to the Florida Keys & Key West following Hurricane Irma.
The Florida Keys will welcome back visitors as early as this weekend as the area continues to rebuild after Hurricane Irma.
The recovery process will be long but there are some signs of normalcy showing up in the Florida Keys.
A rescue effort was successfully able to get a stranded dolphin in the Florida Keys back to open waters.
Governor Rick Scott has said that he'd like to see storm battered Key West "open for business" within two weeks, but tourism officials marketing the southern end of U.S. 1 indicate it could take longer.
House Speaker Paul Ryan toured the Florida Keys Wednesday with a bipartisan delegation made up of nine member of the U.S. House of Representatives, along with Senator Marco Rubio.
Senator Bill Nelson is in the Florida Keys to get a first hand look at the damage caused by Hurricane Irma.
Monroe County leaders are hoping tourists give them a week or so before going down to start pumping life back into the Keys economy.
Most of the Florida Keys are now open to everyone.
It's going to be a long and winding road to recovery for the Florida Keys following the damage and destruction brought by Hurricane Irma.
It was a welcomed sight and sound for family and friends cheering the parade of fire rescue trucks and emergency vehicles returning to South Florida.
There's power to about half the area as residents of the Lower Keys returned home Sunday for the first time since Irma hit a week prior.
Monroe County officials say all residents and business owners of the lower keys will be allowed to return Sunday morning.
"We got a mess to clean up," said Brian Reinfandt as he returned with his family to their Marathon home Saturday morning once city and county leaders began letting residents and business owners back in.
Monroe County is now open to Marathon at Mile Marker 47.
Governor Rick Scott and other state officials traveled to the Florida Keys Friday.
Recovering from Hurricane Irma in the Florida Keys is a struggle with no power, no water and no stable communication.
Assistance by the truckload left Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's station in Doral Friday to help those in need in the Florida Keys during Irma recovery efforts.
Five days after Hurricane Irma walloped Florida, the recovery mission picked up momentum as more people had electricity and schools made plans to reopen.
Florida Governor Rick Scott was in the air and on the ground in the Florida Keys to meet with residents and see the destruction left behind by Hurricane Irma.
What was it like going through the eye of the storm? Here are some first-hand accounts from survivors in the Florida Keys.
