VILLAGE MOVES FORWARD ON WORKFORCE HOUSING

Property purchases for workforce housing in Islamorada and a rezoning for employee housing at the Florida Sea Base were among items receiving unanimous approval...

LOCAL MASK MANDATE ENDS, PER PAIR OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Mask-wearing mandates and other local government COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and individuals in Florida are no longer in effect, per a pair of executive...

COMMISSIONER DELVES INTO LIBRARY PAYROLL

What began as a request for the Key Largo Library payroll from last year — when the COVID-19 pandemic began — quickly morphed into...

Keys students earn awards at state science competition

Five entries by Keys students earned state recognition in the virtual State Science and Engineering Fair (SSEF). Sebastian McCoy, from Key Largo School, placed third...

LOCAL MASK MANDATE ENDS, PER PAIR OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Mask-wearing mandates and other local government COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and individuals in Florida are no longer in effect, per a pair of executive...

OXITEC TO BEGIN FLORIDA KEYS MOSQUITO EXPERIMENT THIS WEEK

The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District and Oxitec Ltd. on April 23 released an advisory outlining some of the plans for its Florida Keys...

KEY WEST AIRPORT READIES FOR $80M UPGRADE

Despite the beloved island charm of Key West International Airport, the days of passengers walking across the tarmac when arriving and departing soon will...

SCHOOLS SUPER: SOCIAL DISTANCING ‘HAS BECOME A PROBLEM’

At the April 27 Monroe County School District board meeting, Superintendent Theresa Axford announced that more than 100 Key West High School students have...

BREAKING NEWS: LEGISLATURE SAYS KEY WEST CAN’T LIMIT CRUISE SHIPS

Key West’s effort to ban large cruise ships is on death row, the governor its only lifeline. A single signature by Gov. Ron DeSantis could...

THE COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS INTRODUCES NEW MASCOT, SHEL THE TUGA

There is a new face — and flippers — on the campus of The College of the Florida Keys: Shel the Tuga. The college’s new...