Attendees toast the sunset at a Florida Keys bicentennial celebration Friday, May 19, on the restored Old Seven Mile Bridge in Marathon. The s…
KEY WEST — The Monroe County Commission has agreed to change the way it governs by pursuing a charter form of government as a way to generate …
KEY WEST — The Monroe County Commission has agreed to change the way it governs by pursuing a charter form of government as a way to generate …
ISLAMORADA — The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority’s southbound rolling lane closure, just north of mile marker 80 on U.S. 1, which has been in …
MONROE COUNTY — Memorial Day weekend, May 26-29, is one of the busiest weekends of the year for traffic in the Florida Keys and this year will…
MONROE COUNTY — The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority a “warning letter” alerting th…
GARDEN KEY — Dry Tortugas National Park officials recently made one of their most significant archeological finds in recent decades.
KEY WEST — Nicole Smith has been selected as the director of Alternative Education for the 2023-24 school year. Smith is currently the assista…
KEY WEST — Faced with millions, if not billions, of dollars in future infrastructure projects, the Monroe County Commission this week will dis…
MARATHON — The Monroe County School Board, at its Tuesday, May 9, meeting, heard a glowing report about the 2022-23 school year and approved v…
KEY WEST — The Monroe County Commission will hold its first public discussion this week on how to spend a roughly $25 million surplus in Monro…
BIG PINE KEY — The Monroe County Commission and Monroe County Land Authority last week joined the Monroe County Housing Authority to break gro…
KEY WEST — An errant Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary buoy may have set a new record for ocean travel after it washed ashore in a small …
TALLAHASSEE — With the state legislative session wrapping up last Friday, the Florida Keys fared well in obtaining funding for critical projec…
FLORIDA — The state Legislature has once again passed legislation preempting local governments from implementing local regulations; this time …
KEY LARGO — The Monroe County Public Library’s Key Largo branch will be temporarily closed on Mondays, starting this week, due to a staffing s…
MARATHON — Christine Paul will serve as the next principal at Marathon Middle/High School, according to Monroe County School District Superint…
KEY WEST — Local attorney and developer Robert Spottswood Jr. has been named Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top choice to fill a spot on the South…
FLORIDA KEYS — Bonefish & Tarpon Trust scientists have successfully located and documented a bonefish spawning site in local waters, a cri…
MARATHON — Ajax Building Corporation last week celebrated the “topping off” of Monroe County’s new Emergency Operations Center, which is the c…
SOUTH FLORIDA — Vice President Kamala Harris announced proposed funding of nearly $79 million in coastal resiliency and environmental projects…
TALLAHASSEE — State legislators have amended two bills that preempt local governments from having a say in preserving historical structures, a…
KEY LARGO — The Monroe County Planning Commission voted 4-1 Friday to deny an applicant’s request to build a 7-Eleven gas station despite a re…
KEY LARGO — The Monroe County Planning Commission voted 3-2 Friday to deny an applicant’s request for a land use amendment that would allow fo…
KEY LARGO — The Monroe County Planning Commission voted 3-2 Friday to deny an applicant’s request for a land use amendment that would allow fo…
MONROE COUNTY — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has received reports of scammers posing as computer professionals over the phone with resid…
FLORIDA — Nesting season has started for waterbirds in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reminds peopl…
MARATHON — The Monroe County Commission took up development and property insurance, two of the Florida Keys’ most important issues, at its mon…