COMMISSIONER CATES SEEKS OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION INTO COUNTY FIRE RESCUE DRUG THEFT SCANDAL

At least one county commissioner wants to take a harder look at the fentanyl and narcotic theft scandal within Monroe County Fire Rescue. Commissioner Craig...

LOWER KEYS MEDICAL CENTER TO LOSE ITS CEO NEXT MONTH

David Clay, who has been CEO of Lower Keys Medical Center since 2016, on Thursday announced that he will retire and leave the Florida...

KEYS PR CHIEF ANDY NEWMAN CHARGED WITH PERJURY, FALSE STATEMENTS 

The Florida Keys’ longtime public relations director, Andy Newman, is facing charges of perjury and making false official statements, the Monroe County State Attorney’s...

SQUIRREL SPOTTED WITH BLOW DART THROUGH ITS BODY IN ISLAMORADA

Islamorada resident Glenda Soler was beside herself when she spotted a squirrel with a blow dart through its body some eight months ago. Fast forward...
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MCSO DEPUTY WARNED BOYFRIEND OF DRUG RAIDS, ARREST WARRANT SAYS

By Mandy Miles & Alex Rickert Last updated: Aug. 8, 8:30 a.m. A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy will face 19 felony charges after allegedly using...
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MICROBURST, NOT TORNADO, RIPS THROUGH ISLAMORADA COMMUNITY

One would have concluded a tornado touched down around MM 89 by the sound of the wind and view of the destruction left in...
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WOMAN AIRLIFTED AFTER SHE WAS ELECTROCUTED AT ROWELL’S PARK IN KEY LARGO

A woman was airlifted to a hospital on July 8 following a reported electrocution at Rowell’s Waterfront Park in Key Largo. The person was situated...
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‘TITANIC’ PRODUCER & FORMER ISLAMORADA RESIDENT JON LANDAU PASSES AWAY AT 63

Former Islamorada resident and Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau passed away at the age of 63 on Friday, July 5.  Alan Bergman, co-chairman for Disney Entertainment,...
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TWO UPPER KEYS RESIDENTS CONTRACT DENGUE FEVER

Two Upper Keys residents are recovering after contracting dengue fever from an Aedes aegypti mosquito bite.  The cases, as announced by the Florida Department of...
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STATE REVERSES REJECTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE FOR TAVERNIER PUBLIX-WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT

A state department backtracked from its initial rejection of a county-approved ordinance to put a supermarket and workforce housing project back in motion in...