COUNTY NEGOTIATES NEW CONTRACT WITH TRASH HAULERS: RATE COULD RISE UP TO 20%
County officials are in the midst of negotiations for a new contract with the three trash hauling companies that handle the dirty work, as...
MONROE COUNTY LEADERS WON’T TAKE OVER KEYS TOURISM AGENCY
The Tourist Development Council’s failed audits led to the firing of its top director and have subjected the tourism marketing agency to public scrutiny...
LEADERSHIP MONROE COUNTY PLANS APRIL 27 GRADUATION FESTIVAL IN MARATHON
Leadership Monroe County (LMC) will celebrate its Class XXXI graduation with “Leadership Spring GradFest,” a community festival and alumni reunion to be held April...
DRUNK DRIVER WHO SLAMMED INTO MCSO DEPUTY’S CRUISER ON US 1 HAD .310 BLOOD-ALCOHOL...
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was seriously injured April 9 while he was handling a traffic stop on U.S. 1, after a drunk driver struck...
FLORIDA KEYS BRACE FOR POTENTIAL MASS MIGRATION FOLLOWING DISARRAY IN HAITI
Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered a wave of state officers and guardsmen to the Florida Keys in preparation for possibly more maritime voyages among migrants...
SPECIAL MONROE COUNTY WORKSHOP ON ROGO SET FOR MARCH 20 IN KEY LARGO
Florida Keys leaders have 10 months to respond to the state on which hurricane evacuation model is best for the island chain, a decision...
FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL’S MEASLES RESPONSE IN BROWARD COUNTY DRAWS CRITICISM FROM LOCAL PEDIATRICIAN
By late February, nine cases of the highly-infectious measles were reported in Broward County. The outbreak began at an elementary school in Weston on...
HOMETOWN KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN SEASON WITH 1ST CANDIDATES EVENT
A 20-year local election tradition continued Feb. 26, when Hometown!, a nonpartisan voter education group, presented its first Call for Candidates event at Salute...
NEW COUNTY AUDIT SAYS TDC INCREASED ADVERTISING BUDGET TO $36M WITH NO EXPLANATION
The Monroe County Clerk's Office dropped a third audit of the Florida Keys' multimillion-dollar tourism marketing agency on Wednesday, this time reviewing the advertising...
COUNTY HIRES ARTIFICIAL REEFS DIRECTOR TO LAUNCH KEYSWIDE PROGRAM WITH $10M IN STATE FUNDING
The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners welcomes Hanna Koch as the new Monroe County Artificial Reefs director. Koch comes to the county from...
