MONROE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE MARKS TWO YEARS OF DRUG PROCESS OVERHAULS
While gaps in oversight and monitoring protocols may have enabled the alleged theft of narcotics from Monroe County’s Trauma Star air ambulance program by its former chief...
COMMUNITY GROUP FILES SECOND PETITION AGAINST TAVERNIER PUBLIX PROJECT
A second petition was recently filed by the Tavernier Community Association and fellow community members in relation to an ordinance Monroe County commissioners approved in February for...
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...
