ENVIRONMENT & PROPERTY INSURANCE AMONG ISLAMORADA’S PRIORITIES FOR STATE LAWMAKERS IN 2025
The Islamorada Village Council hosted a workshop to go over legislative priorities for an upcoming 2025 state session in Tallahassee. Held June 11, the gathering served to...
KEY LIME PIE-EATING CHAMPIONSHIP SET FOR JULY 4
Competitors and spectators will converge July 4 on the beach of the Southernmost Beach Café, 1405 Duval St., for the 2024 World Famous Key Lime Pie Eating...
FLORIDA VOTERS COULD LEGALIZE POT, ABORTION & PARTISAN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER
Should Florida legalize marijuana for people over 21? Should abortion be allowed up until fetal viability (usually around 23 weeks)? And should school board elections become partisan...
ARMY’S 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP WINS COMBAT DIVER CONTEST
The Army’s Special Forces Underwater Operations School at Fleming Key hosted the second annual Best Combat Diver Competition June 10-12. But before the grueling competition among the...
KEYS HISTORY: ‘WRESTLING ALLIGATORS’ & PICKLES REEF PIQUES INTEREST
I attended graduate school in my 30s. It was a vastly different experience than what I expected, but managing expectations has been a long-standing effort. I did...
GOVERNOR’S VETO TAKES OUT CRITICAL FUNDS FOR THE LOCAL ARTS & THEATER COMMUNITIES
Several organizations in the Florida Keys will need to seek funds from another source following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ vetoes of almost a billion dollars from the state...
NOAA RESEARCHER: SHIPWRECK OFF KEY LARGO LIKELY A SCHOONER FROM THE 19TH TO EARLY...
A mapped shipwreck roughly seven miles off the Key Largo coast had little archaeological interest, until recently. On June 13, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS)...
WHO’S ON THE BUBBAS BALLOT? VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE FINALISTS
And then there were three…
That’s right, we asked you to nominate your Key West favorites for the 2024 Bubbas: Key West People’s Choice Awards — and you...
CLEVELAND BROWNS PLAYER ARRESTED FOR DUI AFTER DRIVING THROUGH KEY WEST RESTAURANT, POLICE SAID
A 23-year-old NFL player was arrested Wednesday night for DUI after Key West police said he crashed an SUV into the Red Shoe Island Bistro, 411 Petronia...
BREAKING: LOBSTER MINI-SEASON TO EXPAND FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS
Floridians will have one extra day of “bug-hunting” in July before tourists and commercial fishermen have their shot, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced at a Wednesday press...
