A KEY LARGO STREET FACES A ‘HOLE’ LOT OF PROBLEMS

A property owner in a small Key Largo neighborhood is seeking a solution to a rough street. During a recent Monroe County Commission meeting in...

FOUNDERS BASEBALL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS STALL AMID DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VILLAGE, SCHOOL DISTRICT

An agreement is stalling between the Village of Islamorada and Monroe County School District to implement more than $5 million in improvements to the...

COUNTY COMMISSION TACKLES HIGGS BEACH TRANSFER & APPROVES MARATHON AIRPORT FUNDING

A transfer of Higgs Beach to the city of Key West, funding for commercial air service at Marathon Airport and the framework of a...

FORMER DEPUTY SENTENCED FOR RECORDING EX-GIRLFRIEND AND BOYFRIEND, MISUSING COMPUTER

The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office announced that Alexander Morales, 27, was sentenced after entering a plea resolving charges stemming from an April 2024...

WASHINGTON WOMAN FACING CHARGES FOLLOWING PURSUIT IN THE LOWER KEYS

A 44-year-old Spokane, Washington woman was arrested on March 14 after she allegedly fled from the Monroe County sheriff’s office on U.S. 1.   Just before...

FHP, CBP ARREST 15 DURING TARGETED IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN KEY LARGO

Florida Highway Patrol’s Criminal Alien Apprehension Team (CAAT), working with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), carried out a targeted immigration enforcement operation...

PUBLIC GETS GLIMPSE OF REEF RESTORATION EFFORTS DURING KEYS MARINE LAB’S OPEN HOUSE

Keys Marine Laboratory welcomed guests to discover what lies behind the brown fence in Layton during the annual open house on March 7.  Staff and...

WHO’S RUNNING FOR WHAT? AN EARLY LOOK AT FLORIDA KEYS ELECTIONS

Candidates every few years kicks off election season in the Florida Keys. This year was no different and more than 200 people filled Salute restaurant...

FLORIDA KEYS GAS PRICES SKYROCKET ON IRAN CONFLICT

Florida gas prices climbed rapidly in response to the conflict in Iran. The state average surged 57 cents per gallon last week, and the...

GUIDES ASSOCIATION HOSTS KIDS FISHING EXPO MARCH 15 AT ISLAMORADA’S FOUNDERS PARK 

The Florida Keys Fishing Guides Association’s fifth annual Kids Fishing Expo is set for Sunday, March 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at...