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KWIN LogoLinda Grist Cunningham | Columns and news analysis

Key West Island News editor Linda Grist Cunningham has written more than 4,000 columns — in print and on the web — since 1968. She hates writing and is compelled to do it anyway.

Time to remember why we live in Key West

Time to remember why we live in Key West

Woke up this morning with nothing to say. I know, I know. Hard to imagine, huh? So much going on, so much to be worried about. I just couldn't muster the interest to push the outrage button. And I'd forgotten why we live in Key West. In fact, I could hear my mother...

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KWIN LogoDear Connor is a collection of columns Linda writes for her grandson, Connor. Though he may never read them, they help her make sense of the world.

 

 

KWIN LogoHurricane Irma | In September 2017, Linda Grist Cunningham created and launched a Facebook Page that aggregated news coverage during Hurricane Irma. She was off-island at the time visiting her mother in Virginia. Her husband remained in Key West. Over the three weeks that she and her partner journalists John Teets maintained around-the-clock coverage, they reached almost a million people around the world. These are the columns she wrote each day. Hurricane Season is always June 1 – Nov. 30.

 

 

 

Hurricane Irma | One year ago, we awaited the storm

Why did so many decide to stay on the island, defying the mandatory Hurricane Irma evacuation orders and flirting with destruction? The answers are as complicated as the Keys. Re-reading my 2017 columns reminded me just how powerful we were as an online community. To each of you who followed along, who shared your stories and your tears, I say "thank you." It was a tough time. It's been a tough year.

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