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County OFFERS rental, mortgage relief
Monroe County will be distributing funding totaling $838,069 to Monroe County residents who are behind in their mortgage or rent payments due to COVID-19...
CFK holds Dual Enrollment virtual events
The College of the Florida Keys (CFK) is holding a series of virtual events next week for Monroe County high school students...
FIRM LOOKING FOR GOLF TOURNEY SPONSORS
Marathon and Lower Keys Association of Realtors is planning a charity golf tournament on Oct. 25, 2020 to benefit FIRM (Fair Insurance...
Netflix donates $40 million for scholarships
The granddaughter of Key Wester Hortense Burgohy-Edwards has been selected as one of 20 high school graduates nationally to receive an inaugural scholarship financed...
More funds to support moving water south
The South Florida Water Management District’s Governing Board and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entered into an agreement on July 27 to...
Key Largo principal joins Community Foundation board
The Community Foundation of the Florida Keys (CFFK) has appointed Key Largo School principal Laura Lietaert to its board of governors. Lietart...
Goodbye to Mark Porter
This is the week when we say goodbye to Mark Porter, our superintendent of schools.
As president of the...
Free Coronavirus Testing First Week of August Throughout County
The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County will be hosting free community-based COVID-19 testing events in Key West and Big Pine...
Snakes be gone – 5,000 pythons removed from Everglades
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the South Florida Water Management District, recently announced the removal of 5,000 invasive...
FWC Makes Case vs. Renters Who Removed Large Staghorn Coral Colonies
On July 29, 2020 at approximately 08:30 PM, Investigator Chris Mattson of the FWC received information that renters of Landings of Largo (located on...