COUNTY TERMINATES INDICTED TRAUMA STAR DIVISION CHIEF
Monroe County Administrator Christine Hurley last Friday elected to terminate the employment of indicted Monroe County Fire Rescue Division Chief Andrea Thompson, county spokeswoman Kristen Livengood told...
DOES MONROE COUNTY REALLY RECYCLE?
My primary question is, “Does Monroe County really recycle?” It is met with a resounding “yes.”
Monroe County's recycling efforts have seen a significant improvement according to the...
OPINION: SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR OPPOSES AMENDMENT 1 FOR PARTISAN SCHOOL ELECTIONS
Florida school board campaigns have recently become overtly political and, in some cases, downright nasty. Do Floridians want local school board races to become even MORE partisan...
HOW MUCH HOUSING CAN WE GET WITH $35M OF TOURISM MONEY?
The Florida Keys got one-time approval from the state to spend $35 million of surplus tourism revenue on affordable housing. But that may have been the easy...
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE $715 MILLION BUDGET
Monroe County commissioners approved a $715.7 million spending plan for the 2025 fiscal year — a $48.7 million increase from the previous year — during a recent...
COUNTY OPENS EMERGENCY OPS CENTER IN TIME FOR TROPICAL STORM WATCH
Monroe County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) officially opened on Sept. 23 at the west end of the Marathon airport. Later the same day, the $37 million facility...
MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD PASSES BUDGET
The Monroe County School District passed its final budget with emphasis on teacher salaries and limiting the tax rate associated with property values.
An important consideration was the...
COUNTY CONTINUES TO ACT ON GRAND JURY RECOMMENDATIONS IN DRUG THEFT SCANDAL
Monroe County leaders continue to address a scathing grand jury report stemming from a July 2022 drug theft scandal, which recently led to the indictments of a...
LEADERSHIP MONROE COUNTY ANNOUNCES CLASS XXXII
Leadership Monroe County, the premier educational non-profit community leadership organization, announces its 32nd year of programs with the selection of Class XXXII.
The LMC program is aimed at...
COUNTY RESPONDS TO TRAUMA STAR GRAND JURY RECOMMENDATIONS
The grand jury’s report was recently made public following an investigation into the 2022 Trauma Star diversion of controlled substances. The report makes 14 recommendations for Monroe...
