Cedar Key

Approximately three days after Hurricane Helene made its way through Cedar Key, local business owners and members of the community are looking for ways to move forward after losing their livelihoods.

In the wake of Hurricane Helene’s rampage, local officials are working tirelessly to restore essential services in Cedar Key.

Despite flooding, high winds and a power outage that lasted until Tuesday afternoon, many residents in this island city along the Gulf of Mexico were grateful the storm was not as severe as Hurricane Idalia, which devastated the area last fall.

Researchers at the University of Florida found that nature-based "living shoreline" projects significantly reduced wave energy and were largely undamaged during Hurricane Idalia last year.

Three months after Idalia, many here are more preoccupied with recovery than COP28.

The last major hurricanes to land near Cedar Key in 100 years were Hurricane Easy in 1950 and an unnamed storm in 1935. Hurricane Idalia reached Category 3 strength before making landfall.

An entire town of Floridians abandoned their barrier island in the wake of a major hurricane in the 19th century. Historians urge us to remember their decision — but memory is a fickle thing.

Clyde Butcher, Florida's well-known landscape and environmental photographer who suffered a stroke in early May, recently returned to the swamp for a...

Since Florida banned gill nets 20 years ago, University of Florida researchers have helped Cedar Key replace commercial fishing with aquaculture. The…