STATE GIVES FLORIDA KEYS $10M FOR ARTIFICIAL REEFS; HOW & WHERE WILL THEY SPEND...
Monroe County and FWC officials met in Key West on Aug. 1 to discuss the next steps after being awarded $10 million from the state to start...
NOAA RAISES HURRICANE SEASON PREDICTION AMID HOT WATERS
Scientists at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service — have increased their prediction for the ongoing 2023 Atlantic hurricane season from...
DIVER DIES AT SPIEGEL GROVE WRECK IN KEY LARGO
The Florida Keys witnessed its third tragic diving incident in a span of eight days, as a man died while diving the Spiegel Grove wreck off Key...
WILDLIFE OFFICERS NAB RESOURCE VIOLATORS & IMPAIRED CAPTAIN DURING LOBSTER SEASON
State wildlife officers issued 37 warnings, 12 criminal citations and arrested multiple individuals for various criminal violations during the recent two-day lobster mini-season. The resource cases didn’t...
FBI ARRESTS MARATHON COUPLE FOR JAN. 6 RIOT INVOLVEMENT (WITH CAPITOL FOOTAGE)
By Mandy Miles & Alex Rickert
A live-aboard couple in Marathon’s Boot Key Harbor wanted for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers and entering the U.S. Capitol during the...
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES TENTATIVE BUDGET WITH SPENDING INCREASE
A tentative Monroe County School District spending plan totaling nearly $300 million seeks to raise even more property tax dollars than the previous year — and that’s...
WATER PIPE PROJECT IN ISLAMORADA REACHES THE HALFWAY POINT
Crews have reached the halfway mark on the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority’s (FKAA) Islamorada Transmission Main Replacement Project about two months ahead of schedule. With 11,000 linear...
KEY COLONY BEACH RESIDENTS FILE INJUNCTION AGAINST CITY HALL DECISION
Last updated: August 2, 2023, 3 p.m.
The prolonged battle between Key Colony Beach residents and city officials over the construction of a new city hall building is...
STORIES IN SONG: ‘AN EVENING WITH JAIMIE ROBERTS’ IS THIS WEEKEND AT MCT
What exactly is a cabaret?
Ask veteran performer Jaimie Roberts to describe her show this weekend at Marathon Community Theatre, and she’d probably use that word. Ask her...
COULD MONROE COUNTY LOSE ITS COURT SYSTEM?
A Republican Florida state legislator has asked the state’s judicial branch to consider consolidating the 20 circuit courts within the state.
While touted by Speaker of the Florida...
