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TravelAwaits Jun.6.2021 "Christ of the Deep" in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (Photo Credit: Stephen Frink / Florida Keys News Bureau) Jun.6.2021 The string of subtropical islands stretching 125 miles west from Florida between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean are known as the Florida Keys.    Many people do not realize that the Keys are home to ten state parks. Each has something unique to offer and provides expansive scenery and wide-open spaces. It is easy to find some soli...

Illustrated map by Amelia Flower Bejeweled at both ends by historic riverfront mansions and ancient live oaks, with a dynamic commercial district in between, Bay Street in downtown Beaufort seems a microcosm of the city: a place where Old South and New South peacefully coexist. Founded in 1711, Beaufort was the birthplace of secession, but the town was occupied by Union forces early in the Civil War and later spared Sherman’s torch. On nearby St. Helena Island, the 1862-founded Penn Center me...

Investigators search for arsonist after 11 suspicious fires at Everglades National Park Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Investigators search for arsonist after 11 suspicious fires at Everglades National Park EVERGLADES, Fla. – Federal and state investigators are searching for an arsonist who has been setting fires at the Everglades National Park. U.S. National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger Nicholas Money said there have been 11 suspicious fires at the park. Aside from damaging the pro...

A state program set up in 2018 to help people whose homes were damaged or destroyed in Hurricane Irma in 2017 has been plagued by delays and has only completed one project in the Florida Keys to date. The state Department of Economic Opportunity launched the Rebuild Florida program in September 2018 to help workers and their families rebuild their homes after Hurricane Irma. The program is designed to pay for significant repairs of homes for people who did not have insurance or enough insurance...

Young Republicans plan to ‘save Gasparilla’ with Tampa boat parade Gasparilla was canceled, but an unofficial “Gasparilla” boat parade on Saturday aims to make it happen anyway.     The pirate ship Jose Gasparilla bears down on Tampa for the annual Gasparilla pirate celebration on Jan. 25, 2020. The event was canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla says the next one wont be held until January 2022. [ Tampa Bay Times ] Updated ...

The man was reportedly unharmed. Author: Claire Farrow Updated: 8:28 PM EDT April 11, 2021 PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard says it needed to lend one man a hand after his boat capsized Saturday near Pine Key Island. Rescuers say 60-year-old Robert Snowflacks 16-foot catamaran capsized about a mile off the island, which is also known as Beer Can Island. The man was taken to Apollo Beach Marina and was reportedly unharmed from the ordeal. The @USCG ...

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued Robert Snowflack, 60, on Saturday after his 16-foot catamaran capsized one mile southeast of Pine Key Island.

Since Friday, there have been 43 new cases of COVID-19 cases reported in the Florida Keys, bringing the total to 6,129 since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago,

Everglades National Park The Everglades ecosystem once stretched across a mosaic of wetlands and subtropical wilderness from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay. Unfortunately, by the mid-1900s nearly half of the slow-moving “river of grass” had been drained to make way for farms and urban development. The park was established in 1947, after decades of activism, to preserve a treasured 1.5 million acres of the ecosystem. The Everglades is a complex mix of salt and freshwater wetlands, hardwood ...

Share this article Share this article PHOENIX, Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cove Communities, announced the acquisition of an iconic RV resort in the Florida Keys, Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge (BPKFL).  Located on ten pristine acres between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, the resort was founded in 1959 and owned and operated by the Gladwell family since 1972.  Cove is the fourth owner of this unique property which offers several lodging options on 181 sites, including spectacul...