WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH KEY WEST’S HIGGS BEACH? COUNTY PAYS CITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP
Key West officials last week agreed to take ownership of Higgs Beach from the county, which for some reason had always owned the 16-acre...
MILES TO GO: TIME CAPSULE PROVES KEY WEST CAN STILL SURPRISE ME
As the shovels hit only rocks, dirt and gravel for the first 6 inches on April 6 alongside a Keys West school, anyone older...
TURTLE HOSPITAL CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF A LASTING MARINE LEGACY
What started as a modest mom-and-pop motel in the early 1980s has grown into one of the world’s leading centers for sea turtle rescue...
ISLAND SPIRIT SHINES: FESTIVAL CONTESTS BRING BIG WINNERS
An Upper Keys favorite, the 34th annual Island Fest held at Founders Park held on March 28-29 brought thousands together for a weekend of...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: MIKEY DARE & THE MYTHICAL GOATS
For many years, an outline of my posterior adorned the upstairs bar top at Bagatelle, the lower Duval Street restaurant that was a high-rollers’...
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS NEW LEADERSHIP
The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County (DOH-Monroe) will now operate under the leadership of Dr. Mark Roby, who has been appointed interim...
KEY WEST MAN GETS PRISON TERM FOR OWNING CHILD PORN & HAVING SEX WITH...
The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office announced this week that Jorge Tyler Perez was sentenced following a plea of no contest to 15 felony...
FDOT HOLDS MEETINGS ON UPCOMING BRIDGE REPAIRS
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) will host three public meetings, all of which can be attended in person or virtually, to discuss the...
KEEPING THEM FLYING: REHABILITATED KEY LARGO OSPREY RETURNED TO ITS FAMILY
To see the positive impact the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center has on the Upper Keys community, you need only witness the rescue and...
CHIEF RESPONDS TO CITY COMMISSIONER’S TRAFFIC STOP
Only in Key West, and more specifically, only in Key West during an election, does a routine traffic stop become a social media spectacle.
So...
