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The unemployment rate in Florida dropped to 7.2 percent in April, down from 7. 5 percent a month earlier, giving Gov. Rick Scott more fodder for his claim that the administration's efforts are working to return the economy to pre-recession success.
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:42 AM EDT
Fishermen who come to cast a line onto Florida Keys flats generated more than $427 million to the local and state economy in 2012, says a new study released this month.
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 09:37 AM EDT
College President Jonathan Gueverra (far left) is joined by other college staff and tourism industry leaders to launch the hospitality program.
Florida Keys Community College on Monday formally announced the launch of its Hospitality and Tourism Management Initiative, to be undertaken with various lodgings and restaurants Keyswide.
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 09:19 AM EDT
For a listing of home and condo sales in the Florida Keys for the period May 4 through May 11, click here:
Posted - Thursday, May 16, 2013 07:07 PM EDT
National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb will talk about new forecasting tools.
National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb is the scheduled keynote speaker at an annual Keys hurricane preparedness workshop for the tourism industry set to begin at 1 p.m. May 21 at the Doubletree Grand Key Resort in Key West.
Entering his second tropical cyclone season as the nation's top hurricane warning official, Knabb plans to provide the hurricane center's 2013 forecast overview.
Posted - Thursday, May 16, 2013 01:31 PM EDT
The closure of stone-crab season today may be barely noticed by the Florida Keys commercial fleet.
Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:27 AM EDT
After months of speculation, the owners of the Pier House Resort and Caribbean Spa in Key West say they're selling the resort at 1 Duval St. for $90 million to Ashford Hospitality Trust of Dallas, Texas.
Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:00 AM EDT
For a listing of home and condo sales in the Florida Keys for the period April 28 through May 4, click here:
Posted - Friday, May 10, 2013 06:30 PM EDT
South Florida real estate values are bouncing back from the low point in late 2011.
A confidence index in Florida rose again this month, despite ongoing cutbacks in federal spending and wobbly employment reports across the country. The University of Florida index hit 79 in April, the highest since last fall.
Posted - Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:39 AM EDT
The state Senate on Thursday approved a watered-down version of a controversial bill that could have meant sharp rate hikes statewide for new Citizens Property Insurance Corp. policyholders.
Posted - Saturday, May 04, 2013 10:30 AM EDT
