Nancy Klingener
Nancy Klingener covers the Florida Keys for WLRN. Since moving to South Florida in 1989, she has worked for the Miami Herald, Solares Hill newspaper and the Monroe County Public Library.
She is a Spring 2014 graduate of the Transom Story Workshop. She is on the board of the Key West Literary Seminar.
-
On Election Day, Key West voters approved three measures that would severely limit the cruise industry on the island. That issue was already in court — and now the people who pushed for the new limits want to stay part of the legal battle. -
As the numbers of COVID-19 cases rise in the Keys and unmasked crowds fill the downtown on weekends, Key West's mayor proposed a midnight curfew on bars and booze sales. It did not go over well. -
Fantasy Fest is the biggest event of the year in the Florida Keys. It was canceled this year because of the pandemic. But die-hard partiers plan on carrying on the costume and scant-clothing tradition, despite concerns from locals. -
Horseshoe crabs have been around for a long time. Hundreds of millions of years. But their population has never been assessed in Florida. And the state is looking for help from citizen scientists to gather data. -
In the Florida Keys, health officials are fighting to stop the spread of COVID-19. But they've also got another fight on their hands. For the second time in a little more than a decade, there's an outbreak of dengue fever on the island chain. -
The Keys are set to become the first place in the U.S. to release genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the kind that can transmit diseases like Zika and dengue. -
Antibody testing in the Key Largo area has identified another 11 cases of dengue fever, bringing the total this year to 37. -
Spiking coronavirus numbers in the Florida Keys are causing consternation among public officials, and questions about whether the county will once again... -
As the Keys ramp up its tourism economy, hotels are being encouraged to let guests know about COVID-19 tests with results in an hour at the local... -
About 2 million people a year visit Key West — and almost half of them get there on cruise ships. With the industry on pause due to the coronavirus...
