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JIMMY BUFFETT, WHO CAPTURED KEY WEST IN HIS SONGS, PASSES AWAY AT 76

Jimmy Buffett, the legendary songwriter who tapped into his 1970s Key West experience to create his own genre of laid-back island rock and roll and build a...
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KEY WEST NATIVE KILLED IN JACKSONVILLE SHOOTING 

A 52-year-old woman who was born and raised in Key West was one of three Black people fatally shot Saturday at a Dollar General Store in Jacksonville,...
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POLICE BUST MAJOR SOUTH FLORIDA GARMIN GPS THEFT RING

A rash of GPS marine thefts — ranging in the millions of dollars and spanning the Florida Keys and 16 other counties in the state — led...
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KEYS TRAVEL STUDY GIVES HIGHWAY ‘D’ GRADE; NEW DEVELOPMENT COULD BE AFFECTED

The following is a press release from Monroe County on the U.S. 1 Arterial Travel Time and Delay Study. Find more in-depth coverage in the Aug. 24...

KEY COLONY BEACH RESIDENTS FILE INJUNCTION AGAINST CITY HALL DECISION

Last updated: August 2, 2023, 3 p.m. The prolonged battle between Key Colony Beach residents and city officials over the construction of a new city hall building is...
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SEWER LINE BREAK CAUSES TRAFFIC BACKUP IN THE UPPER KEYS

Motorists traveling north in the Upper Keys on June 18 experienced heavy traffic backups after a sewer line break at MM 92.5 in Tavernier closed one road...
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MISSING MARATHON TEEN FOUND IN ALABAMA

Last Update: June 21, 2023, 2:30 p.m. A 14-year-old girl who went missing from Marathon on the morning of June 14 was found in Alabama within 36 hours,...
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ISLAMORADA PARTS WAYS WITH DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DAN GULIZIO

Islamorada’s director of development services and planning, Dan Gulizio, was let go on Tuesday morning following more than a year of employment with the village.  Village Manager Ted...

THREAT AGAINST KEYS HIGH SCHOOL DRAWS POLICE RESPONSE

Coral Shores High School students entering their final week of class witnessed a large law enforcement presence on May 23 following a threat made by a student. According...
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BREAKING: SPEAR FISHERMAN REPORTEDLY BITTEN BY SHARK OFF MARATHON

The Keys experienced another recorded shark bite on Thursday afternoon, this time in Marathon. According to a statement released by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, a 20-year-old Miami-Dade...

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