COUNTY COMMISSION SAYS ‘NO’ AGAIN TO ROGO PAUSE AMID MIXED MESSAGING FROM STATE LEADERS
Amid conflicting messaging from state leaders, the Monroe County Commission again denied a proposed moratorium on new building rights at its Jan. 15 meeting. The...
KEYS’ OVERALL GRADUATION RATE TRAILS STATE AVERAGE OF 89.7%
School district officials this week announced the 2023-2024 graduation rates for the Florida Keys’ three public high schools, two of which trail the state’s...
MONROE COUNTY YEAR IN REVIEW: THE GOOD AND THE BAD
By Mandy Miles and Alex Rickert Many of the year’s top news stories in Monroe County were continuations and conclusions of events that began in...
STORMS VERSUS UNITS: COUNTY WORKSHOP WEIGHS HURRICANE INTENSIFICATION VERUS ADDITIONAL BUILDING
Positioned as one of the biggest wild cards in determining the threat of hurricanes throughout the Florida Keys, rapid intensification is still a real...
COUNTY OFFICIALS BACK TDC DECISION TO RE-BID OUTDATED WEBSITE & ADVERTISING CONTRACTS
Florida Keys officials spurned the status quo this week by ending a 30-year relationship during a very public breakup, or at least a trial...
SCHOLL TAKES GAVEL AS COUNTY MAYOR; COMMISSION HONORS JOYCE GRIFFIN
Compared to national politics these days, the Nov. 19 county commission meeting was downright jovial. The commission chambers in Key West were packed at the...
ANDY GRIFFITHS’ RETIREMENT PARTY RAISES $70K FOR UNITED WAY
In an evening at the Beachside Resort in Key West, the community celebrated Andy Griffiths' retirement after 32 years on the Monroe County School...
RACE ON ISLAMORADA’S OLD HIGHWAY RETURNS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS
2022 was the last time runners and walkers took to the starting line for a 5k on the Old Highway in Islamorada. Two years...
EUBANK & SENMARTIN SELECTED AS MONROE COUNTY PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR NOMINEES
Marathon High School’s Elena Eubank and Giovanni Senmartin were recently selected to represent Monroe County in the United States Presidential Scholars program. Eubank was...
KEYS TOURISM AGENCY CANCELS WEBSITE CONTRACT; AUDIT STATES IT WAS ‘SIGNIFICANTLY OVERPAYING’ FOR DIGITAL...
Florida Keys tourism officials acknowledged this week that contracts negotiated 30 years ago haven’t aged well for the local Tourist Development Council (TDC) —...
