Katie Atkins

Katie Atkins is a western New York native who, when not working, can probably be found on the beach with her nose in a book. Sweets are her weakness (10 fillings this year), along with pizza and her adopted senior cat, Buddy.

Where to go from here

Stand in front of a mirror in the dark, say “thirteen hundred” out loud three times, and Monroe County’s ghost of affordable housing will...

The race is on

With five and a half months to go until Election Day, two more Marathon residents have put their names on the ballot for Marathon...

Removing the invaders

Records were broken over the weekend at the fourth annual Lionfish World Championship in Pensacola, and Marathon’s lionfish queen Rachel Bowman was there to...

Raising the bar – Key West guide wins national award

The fact that there’s so much more to being a fishing guide than owning a boat and having a captain’s license was the driving...

County to create taxing district

Monroe County Commissioners got the ball rolling Wednesday to create a special taxing district in the Middle Keys, the proceeds of which will go...

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