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Florida Keys Deputy Arrested After Buying Drugs From Informant While In Uniform

Monroe County Deputy Jaime Miranda pulled into a Winn-Dixie parking lot Saturday night and left with a whole lot of beef -- the kind of beef that will get you a crap load of time in the joint that is. Miranda is accused of buying drugs from an informant, all while in uniform in his police car like D ... More >>

Can Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Keep Dengue Fever Away From Key West?

Keys Teen Arrested for Drive-by, Blow-Gun Shooting

​In Miami-Dade, we have drive-by shooting. In the Florida Keys, things are a little different. They have drive-by, blow-gun shootings.The victim in the incident was with his wife in a parking lot of a Circle K on Wednesday around 11 p.m. All the sudden he felt a sharp pang in his right side. He'd ... More >>

Couple Arrested for Driving Under Influence of Whippits in Keys

​Whipped cream is usually meant for fun, but our frothy little ice cream topping friend has a very dark side. The nitrous oxide is a well known source of a cheap, temporary high, and a couple driving through the Florida Keys with two kids in the backseat were arrested after doing a few "whipp ... More >>

Don't Panic! (Yet) Those Tar Balls In Key West Didn't Come From The BP Oil Spill

As you can see above, a pretty solid freak-out hit Duval Street yesterday when upwards of 50 tar balls turned up in the ocean and on beaches around Key West. But not to worry! Turns out these floating blobs of disgusting petroleum didn't come from the massive BP gusher in the Gulf. Which is, we gu ... More >>

Bambi Bump-Off

Who's killing the endangered key deer? The bloody mess has caused a scandal in paradise.

Clever Green

Florida is starved for electricity. Some eco-renegades are growing their own.

Green Tide

Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems

Fun Bus to the Keys

It costs a pittance and takes you to Margaritaville

Bird Bash

Road Trippin'

Sea Harmony

Swimming with the Sharks

An eight-year-old's severed arm and a broker's chewed-off leg aren't enough to convince Florida to ban interactive diving

Conched Out

The queen conch, long a culinary favorite and a symbol of life in the Keys, is disappearing from local waters

Wet Sounds

Do Not Try This at Home!

Like a lot of people, Manny Puig has a hobby. Unlike a lot of people, his hobby involves riding alligators and sharks.

Chomp in the Swamp

Tracking South Florida's endangered crocodiles is a business best left to experts and maniacs

It Isn't Easy Being Green

Homestead Air Force Base is a crucial natural habitat for a rare plant. But don't worry, they'll develop around it.

A Key Battle

The Conch Coalition and Taras Lyssenko claimed environmentalists were out to destroy the culture and economy of the Keys. Voters listened.

The Bloom That Vexes

In a popular Keys diving spot, marine researchers find two species of algae that tend to favor polluted waters

Who Cut the Cheese?

A year after a UM research vessel ran aground on a protected reef, a persistent odor lingers

Waste Erased

Scientist Brian LaPointe wants to tame the sugar barons, corner the cat food market, and solve the sewage problems of the Florida Keys