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On the evening of March 2, a fire broke out at Fantasy Island, one of Roatan’s largest resorts. The Roatan Fire Department was alerted around 7:20 p.m., but the fire spread quickly through many interconnected wooden parts of the resort. This was Roatan’s largest structure

It is very difficult to create a community of affordable houses on Roatan. A few have tried and most have failed. If anyone can testify to this, it’s Elmer Santamaría, a teacher who has made his life on Roatan for the past 20 years.

Roatan has found itself in a health crisis. On April 19, around 9pm, Roatan Public Hospital in Coxen Hole burned down in a spectacular fire. The fire destroyed 95% of the 33 year old building except for a portion of the office annex.

Officials at the Roatan Municipality have a vision of how the island could look in 10, 20, or even 50 years: ample well-kept roads, an efficient garbage removal and disposal system, and an energy grid that makes life easier for residents and visitors alike. Today,

Roatan experienced it’s most deadly airplane crash in history when on May 18 a Piper Cherokee Six with pilot and four passengers on board crashed right after takeoff.

From its obscure beginnings as a dime-and-a-dozen wreck, Tulum has become the most photographed wreck in the Eastern Caribbean. Likely a million of cruise shippers visiting Roatan have taken a picture of it and hundreds of thousands of visitors arriving at the Galaxy Wave Ferry