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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Researchers will monitor all three manatees for about a year, using data from satellite tracking devices. -
Animal specialists with SeaWorld Orlando are “cautiously optimistic” about the manatee’s recovery. -
Dry conditions are prompting concerns about water shortages and wildfire risk in Central Florida. -
One more Senate committee would still need to approve the proposal before it could become law. -
Temperatures recently dropped to record-breaking lows in several parts of Central Florida, according to the National Weather Service. -
The proposal would allow the Ocklawaha to breach a dam currently limiting the river’s flow of water into the St. Johns River. -
Hundreds are expected at Thursday’s Earth Advocacy Day, the third annual event of its kind in Florida. -
Cold overnight temperatures continue across Central Florida this week. -
Last year’s Point-in-Time Count data revealed more than 2,700 homeless people in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. -
Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell said she’s "grateful" for help from law enforcement and extra state prosecutors. -
Acting against legal advice, commissioners voted 4-3 Tuesday to challenge the highway authority’s move to use eminent domain to take conservation land for a future toll road. -
At a workshop Monday night, residents urged Brevard commissioners to put the renewal of a decade-long sales tax on this year’s ballot.
