Kate Stein
Kate Stein can't quite explain what attracts her to South Florida. It's more than just the warm weather (although this Wisconsin native and Northwestern University graduate definitely appreciates the South Florida sunshine). It has a lot to do with being able to travel from the Everglades to Little Havana to Brickell without turning off 8th Street. It's also related to Stein's fantastic coworkers, whom she first got to know during a winter 2016 internship.Officially, Stein is WLRN's environment, data and transportation journalist. Privately, she uses her job as an excuse to rove around South Florida searching for stories à la Carl Hiaasen and Edna Buchanan. Regardless, Stein speaks Spanish and is always thrilled to run, explore and read.
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The nursing home where residents died following a hurricane-induced air conditioning outage was not on the priority list for power restoration,... -
With Hurricane Irma bearing down on the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean , water managers in South Florida are bracing for heavy rainfall they say could... -
A meeting between Miami-Dade County officials and county residents concerned about aerial mosquito spraying was cancelled Monday. -
Climate change is a local issue. That was the theme of a gathering Wednesday night to recognize more than 70 Florida elected officials for signing a... -
In South Florida, climate change means higher seas, stronger storms and hotter summers. That could make the region unlivable within a couple hundred... -
A lot of people in South Florida buy bottled water for drinking -- they don’t get it from the tap. In part, it’s a cultural thing. In many other... -
A chemical used for mosquito control in South Florida has been the source of controversy in recent weeks, after a study showed it could be linked to... -
When he had a landscaping business, Bob Hartmann grew 200,000 orchids and thousands of other plants on his three acres in Southwest Ranches, about 15... -
Planning to have a baby in the Miami metro area? You’d better do it fast. A study released Thursday says that of the 50 largest U.S. cities, Miami is... -
The case counts are low, but Zika's still a threat. That was the message of a meeting of county and state mosquito control officials Monday in Doral.
