Key Largo cleans up from Eta aftermath
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ropical Storm Eta barreled into the Upper Keys on the evening of Nov. 8 as winds exceeding 60 mph downed large limbs onto roads and homes. Brush...
AFTER ETA: OFFICIALS SURVEY STORM DAMAGE IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
On Monday morning, Monroe County officials were surveying the damage of Tropical Storm Eta.
According to Jon Rizzo of the National Weather Service’s Key West office, the highest...
INQUIRY QUESTIONS ELECTION WINNER’S RESIDENCY
By Jim McCarthy and Mandy Miles
The State Attorney’s Office is looking into an inquiry sent to them by incumbent Democrat Heather Carruthers regarding the residency of Monroe...
MEET THE DIVER WHO CHANGES THE U.S. FLAGS ON THE SPIEGEL GROVE AND THE...
When longtime diver Lew Bellows moved to Port Largo nine years ago, he began diving the Keys working for Ocean Divers (now Rainbow Reef Dive Center). It...
BRACE FOR ETA: ‘SLOPPY, LARGE, MESSY’ STORM TO ARRIVE NEAR KEYS THIS WEEKEND
Nov. 5, 9:17 a.m. update: Tropical storm force winds may begin as early as the pre-dawn hours Sunday, but most likely late Sunday (close to midnight). Due...
BREAKING NEWS: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS FOR KEYS
Updated 11/4/20 to reflect a recount being conducted in the Monroe County Commission district 3 race.
The unoffocial election results for 33 out of 33 precincts in Monroe...
LAWSUIT VOLUNTARILY DISMISSED IN VILLAGE SEAT 4 CASE
A lawsuit filed against the Monroe County Elections Office that sought to have ballots counted in the race for Islamorada’s seat 4 was voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff...
FLORIDA BAY FOREVER LAUNCHES VIRTUAL PADDLE
A local nonprofit is launching a virtual paddle to send much-needed water south to Florida Bay.
‘Send it South’ is both a solution and call-to-action for Islamorada-based nonprofit...
VILLAGE CANDIDATES TALK WHAT FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS SHOULD BE
Four seats are up for grabs on the Islamorada dais in this year’s election, with current council members either running for other offices, terming out or choosing...
KEY WEST POLITICS: DOWNTOWN DISTRICT RACE PITS BARNETT AGAINST LOPEZ
The nonpartisan run-off race to represent Key West’s District VI includes two native-born Key Westers — incumbent Clayton Lopez, 67, and challenger Ryan Barnett, 36.
Barnett has raised...
