/tags/key-west-blog Key West blog en-US WLRN Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:56:33 GMT /news/2016-12-30/key-west-cemetery-where-last-words-are-sometimes-one-liners This story originally aired July 19, 2016. When Patty Tiffany leads tours of the Key West Cemetery for the Historic Florida Keys Foundation, there's one… Fri, 30 Dec 2016 15:56:33 GMT /news/2016-12-30/key-west-cemetery-where-last-words-are-sometimes-one-liners Nancy Klingener /news/2016-09-22/hatchling-pythons-discovered-in-the-keys Burmese pythons have established themselves in the Everglades — and now they appear to be breeding in the Florida Keys, according to state and federal… Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:52:45 GMT /news/2016-09-22/hatchling-pythons-discovered-in-the-keys Nancy Klingener /news/2016-09-21/automation-would-save-money-at-card-sound-toll-booth The Keys have changed a lot in the last four decades — ask anyone who's visited or lived there during that time.But one thing has remained the same: the… Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:19:55 GMT /news/2016-09-21/automation-would-save-money-at-card-sound-toll-booth Nancy Klingener /news/2016-09-12/looking-for-a-way-to-stay-key-west-faces-rising-seas-with-plans-for-resiliency When it comes to sea level rise, Key West is pretty much as vulnerable as it gets. The island's average elevation is less than five feet above sea level.… Tue, 13 Sep 2016 02:00:00 GMT /news/2016-09-12/looking-for-a-way-to-stay-key-west-faces-rising-seas-with-plans-for-resiliency Nancy Klingener /news/2016-09-05/keys-remembers-killer-storm-80-years-later Eighty years ago, hurricanes weren't given human names. So the storm that devastated the Upper Keys in 1935 is known simply by the day it swept across… Mon, 05 Sep 2016 14:14:54 GMT /news/2016-09-05/keys-remembers-killer-storm-80-years-later Nancy Klingener /news/2016-08-26/survey-finds-most-floridians-support-gmo-mosquitoes While Florida Keys residents debate the use of genetically modified mosquitoes ahead of a November referendum, a new survey finds that a majority of… Fri, 26 Aug 2016 21:25:12 GMT /news/2016-08-26/survey-finds-most-floridians-support-gmo-mosquitoes Nancy Klingener /culture/2016-08-23/conch-food-gets-revival-at-key-west-picnic Key West has a great restaurant scene — but people who live on the island know that to get true local delicacies you have to get inside someone's kitchen.… Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:34:41 GMT /culture/2016-08-23/conch-food-gets-revival-at-key-west-picnic Nancy Klingener /culture/2016-08-22/migrant-boat-is-new-exhibit-at-maritime-museum-known-for-treasure When Cuban migrants cross the Florida Straits and arrive on U.S. shores in homemade vessels, it's news for a day or two. Now, for a museum in Key West, it… Mon, 22 Aug 2016 22:58:46 GMT /culture/2016-08-22/migrant-boat-is-new-exhibit-at-maritime-museum-known-for-treasure Nancy Klingener /news/2016-08-18/half-century-later-diver-revisits-statue-he-helped-place Gabriel Spataro was instrumental in placing an Italian statue, cast from the same mold as Genoa's Christ of the Abyss, in the waters off Key Largo.That… Thu, 18 Aug 2016 21:16:41 GMT /news/2016-08-18/half-century-later-diver-revisits-statue-he-helped-place Nancy Klingener /news/2016-08-04/in-the-keys-lobster-mini-season-is-a-holiday-and-an-ordeal Billy Causey has been in the Florida Keys since the early 1970s. And in that time, he's figured out a few things."There's some things you learn not to… Thu, 04 Aug 2016 22:19:53 GMT /news/2016-08-04/in-the-keys-lobster-mini-season-is-a-holiday-and-an-ordeal Nancy Klingener