Molly Duerig
Environment ReporterMolly is an award-winning reporter with a background in video production and investigative journalism, focused on covering environmental issues for Central Florida Public Media. Previously, Molly was an investigative reporter for Spectrum News 13, where she spent 3 years reporting in-depth and daily TV news stories, including continuing coverage of an amusement ride tragedy in Orlando that earned a first-place Sunshine State award from the Society of Professional Journalists' Florida chapter. Molly speaks Spanish, loves to travel and is grateful to have had the chance to report stories from places as distinct as Nebraska, Peru and Puerto Rico. She has a master's degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
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Attorneys for the ousted Eastern Florida State College employee say her termination is part of a troubling trend of attempts to suppress free speech. -
A disaster loan outreach center is now open at the Titusville Public Library in Brevard County, following severe storms that caused flooding in the area late last month. -
The St. Johns River Water Management District is the first of three water management districts to approve the regional water supply plan. -
The severe storms and flooding parts of Central Florida experienced on Oct. 26 qualify as a disaster, according to the Small Business Administration.
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Recovery efforts are underway in Lake County, where a heavy rainstorm recently flooded several key roads and many homes. -
The new contract bumps up the starting pay for Orlando firefighters, from about $59,000 to just over $64,000 a year. -
With Affordable Care Act tax credits set to expire soon, thousands of Central Floridians will likely be paying significantly more for health insurance. -
Nearly 30% of Floridians with healthcare from the Affordable Care Act marketplace will likely be priced out of coverage, according to Florida Voices for Health. -
Several roads remain washed out and badly damaged in Lake County, two days after a downpour drenched parts of the county with more than 19 inches of rain. -
Deltona commissioners voted 4-3 this week to back out of a lawsuit challenging a new state law that restricts local governments’ planning power. -
State lawmakers say key sponsors of Senate Bill 180 are open to changing parts of the law currently restricting local governments’ ability to control growth. -
Neurotoxin levels were highest in the dolphins stranded during warmer months, when harmful algal blooms are more severe.
