BOAT FIRED UPON BY CUBAN MILITARY WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM BIG PINE KEY PROPERTY
A boat that reportedly entered into an open-water gunfight with the Cuban military on Feb. 25 was reported stolen from Big Pine Key in...
STATE BILL THREATENS EVENT FUNDING
If a bill circulating in Tallahassee passes in the coming week, then this could be the last year for events such as Key West...
PLAQUE HONORS THE LATE MERRICK DUNN’S LOVE FOR BASEBALL
As another Upper Keys Little League season began the evening of Feb. 28, a community gathered at the Harry Harris Park ballfields for a...
JURY CONVICTS MIAMI MAN IN VIOLENT HUMAN SMUGGLING SCHEME FROM CUBA TO KEY LARGO
A federal jury in Miami convicted 32-year-old Victor Rafael Arcia Albeja, of Miami, on Feb. 20 for his role in a violent human smuggling...
WATERFRONT PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS ‘ONCE’ BEGINNING MARCH 5
The Waterfront Playhouse continues its 2025-2026 season with the musical “Once,” opening March 5 with a preview performance on March 4, and running through...
KEYS WOMAN: THE HEALTH CARE LANDSCAPE AND WHY WOMEN ARE PAYING A HIGHER PRICE
The shift in today’s health care landscape is undeniable. While health insurance in the United States has always been propped up by an imperfect...
ISLAMORADA MAN ARRESTED FOR REPORTEDLY THROWING CINDER BLOCK PIECES AT WOMAN
An Islamorada man was arrested after sheriff’s deputies said he threatened to kill a woman.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was called to North Ocean...
WILDLIFE AGENCIES SEEK PUBLIC INPUT FOR KEY DEER SURVEY
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) are seeking input from those who live, work,...
KEY WEST AUTHOR HAYS BLINCKMANN DELIVERS COMING-OF-AGE STORY WITH ‘TINY LITTLE EARTHQUAKES’
Growing up in the 1980s on a remote horse farm in North Carolina was not easy for 9-year-old Elliot Hase. After her parents’ divorce,...
KEY LARGO HONORS ITS FIRST BLACK FIRE CHIEF
Harry Davis Jr., Key Largo’s first Black fire chief, was a true Conch who was born in 1944 on his father’s pistol range, in...
