Cheers: To Kristina Neihouse, who won the 2020 Key West Writers Guild award as announced by the Florida Keys Council of the Arts, in conjuncti…
Jeers: To the group of parents threatening to sue the Monroe County School District over masking rules. There is a small but vocal group of pa…
Jeers: To the group of parents threatening to sue the Monroe County School District over masking rules. There is a small but vocal group of pa…
Jeers: To the ‘Fantasy Fest’ alternative that is being discussed by those planning to come here despite the official event being cancelled. Th…
Jeers: To whomever dumped a huge amount of bread at the southwest end of Long Beach Drive in Big Pine Key. We can only assume it was placed th…
Editor's Note should run in bold at bottom of this pieceEditor's Note"The Key West Citizen welcomes opposing viewpoints to issues that concern…
As we all continue to navigate the pandemic and economic downturn together, more attention is being given to issues of anxiety and depression …
Cheers: To the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for helping rescue a large female manatee off the Upper Keys last week. The m…
Cheers: To Monroe County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit detective Vince Weiner and the FDLE for solving a nearly 30-year-old Florida Keys …
As a nation, we are fighting several dumpster fires right now — the pandemic, unemployment, economic distress, social unrest and, of course, p…
Cheers: To all the local business owners who are starting to see a glimmer of hope as they reopen, put employees back to work and begin the lo…
Cheers: To all the residents of Monroe County and everyone else who participated in the peaceful demonstration on Monday in Key West to addres…
Cheers: To the City of Key West and Monroe County for working very hard to keep virtually all Keys residents virus-free for the past 60 days. …
Cheers: To those who are capable of and choose to have reasonable discussions about polarizing issues. The pandemic has unfortunately brought …
Cheers: To the volunteers who have been assisting the Monroe County Sheriff's Office by manning the U.S. 1 checkpoint into the Keys to stem th…
There are many calendar dates to which we attach particular significance. The newest addition for the Keys will now be April 30, 2020, the day…
Cheers: To all of the selfless and responsible members of our community who are observing social distancing, wearing a face covering and doing…
Jeers: To any Lower Keys and Key West gas stations that continue to charge 40 cents or more per gallon of fuel than gas stations in Marathon a…
Cheers: To the Key West Code Compliance and Key West Police Department task force, which continues to make arrests in what is an increasing ef…
Cheers: To two of Key West's most smoke-filled drinking establishments, the Green Parrot and the Bourbon Street Pub, for prohibiting smoking a…
Cheers: To Keys Energy Services, which has temporarily suspended all service disconnections for nonpayment, given the financial difficulty due…
Jeers: To the decision to allow the Marathon Seafood Festival to take place last weekend while events and gatherings up and down the Keys were…
The Coronavirus outbreak remained ‘offshore’ of the Florida Keys until Thursday, when the first presumptive case of coronavirus was confirmed.…
Jeers: To the Florida Legislature which voted a bill through removing local authority, or “home rule.” Admittedly, not all decisions are worth…
The coronavirus discussion has squarely placed the Florida Keys, and Key West in particular, in a “between a rock and a hard place” situation …
The phrase “What we've got here is failure to communicate” is a quotation from the classic 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke,” spoken at different poi…
Cheers: To Florida Fish and Wildlife officer Bobby Dube, who rescued a mother and daughter being pushed out to sea by the current and wind las…
Cheers: To veteran educator and Key West High School graduate Christina McPherson, who was selected this week to be the next principal of Key …