TAX COLLECTOR TAKES AIM AT FRAUDULENT VACATION RENTALS
Monroe County Tax Collector Sam Steele is used to being lied to; it comes with the territory.
"It's hard to believe everything that's said to you, especially being...
WILL YOUR BALLOT COME IN THE MAIL? ARE YOU SURE?
Florida voters who grew accustomed, in the pandemic years, to receiving their election ballots in the mail won’t get what they’re expecting this year if they haven’t...
TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONKS RETURN TO KEY WEST. HERE’S WHERE TO SEE THEM
By Gwen Filosa
A group of Tibetan Buddhist Monks arrived in Key West just before New Year’s Day to spread a message of peace – and create an...
GOVERNOR’S BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUDES SOME CRITICAL FUNDS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped away from the presidential campaign trail and sent a $114.4 billion spending proposal to leaders in the House and Senate on Dec....
A NATIONWIDE RECRUITMENT SHORTAGE FOR THE COAST GUARD HITS CLOSE TO HOME
As a wicked storm carved its way through the Upper Keys last month, U.S. Coast Guard Station Islamorada received a call for help. It was around 8...
END OF THE ‘GOLDEN ROAD’: COUPLE COMPLETES 3,000-MILE WALK FROM MAINE TO KEY WEST
Seven and a half months ago, Matt and Grace Grooms touched their feet to the ground in Calais, Maine. On Monday, those same feet reached Key West’s...
HIGH-SPEED CHASE ZOOMS PAST MARATHON RUNNERS IN ISLAMORADA
Runners in last Sunday’s annual Islamorada 10k and half marathon set out from La Siesta Resort & Villas on a scenic course, witnessing picturesque views of a...
KEYS COUPLE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO JAN. 6 RIOT CHARGES
A Marathon couple arrested in August in relation to their participation in the Jan. 6 riots at the US Capitol recently pleaded not guilty to federal charges.
Bryan...
FIERY CRASH ON US 1 KILLS POPULAR SOUTH FLORIDA TRUCK DRIVER. ‘HE WAS A...
Monroe County Fire Rescue works to extinguish a burning semi-trailer truck after a fatl crash Dec. 5, 2023, on U.S. 1 at mile marker 21. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE/contributed
COMMODORES COME TOGETHER TO CAP OFF UPPER KEYS SAILING CLUB’S 50TH YEAR
Perhaps former Upper Keys Sailing Club Commodore Pat McLaughlin said it best: “This place is family, it’s tradition, it’s important.”
On Nov. 18, the Upper Keys Sailing Club...
