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KEYS SHERIFF: JUVENILE CUFFED AFTER FLEEING DEPUTIES ON E-BIKE

A 14-year-old Big Pine Key male was arrested on March 4 after he reportedly fled from the sheriff's deputies on an e-bike. A deputy was...

FKEC UTILIZES HELICOPTER FOR TRANSMISSION LINE INSPECTION IN MIDDLE, UPPER KEYS

Florida Keys Electric Cooperative is conducting its annual helicopter-based inspections and maintenance along U.S. 1. The inspected started the week of March 2, ...

MOVING CARS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS: COUNTY VIEWS HOW FDOT MANAGES THE TRAFFIC &...

Monroe County Mayor Michelle Lincoln and Commissioner Jim Scholl were among the local officials who recently took a tour of the Florida Department of...

BOAT FIRED UPON BY CUBAN MILITARY WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM BIG PINE KEY PROPERTY

A boat that reportedly entered into an open-water gunfight with the Cuban military on Feb. 25 was reported stolen from Big Pine Key in...

STATE BILL THREATENS EVENT FUNDING

If a bill circulating in Tallahassee passes in the coming week, then this could be the last year for events such as Key West...

JURY CONVICTS MIAMI MAN IN VIOLENT HUMAN SMUGGLING SCHEME FROM CUBA TO KEY LARGO

A federal jury in Miami convicted 32-year-old Victor Rafael Arcia Albeja, of Miami, on Feb. 20 for his role in a violent human smuggling...

FLORIDA HOUSE PASSES PROPERTY TAX PHASEHOUT PROPOSAL

On Feb. 19, 80 Florida House members said “yes” to an initiative that would ask voters whether they support abolishing all property taxes, besides...

HOMETOWN HOSTS CALL FOR CANDIDATES MARCH 9

Hometown! Key West is calling on all incumbents, declared candidates, prospective candidates and anyone simply exploring a run for office to participate in its...
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FORMER FLIGHT NURSE GETS JAIL, PROBATION SENTENCE IN TRAUMA STAR DRUG THEFTS

The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office announced today that Lynda J. Rusinowski, the former Trauma Star Chief Flight Nurse for Monroe County Fire Rescue,...

‘COLD-STUNNED’ SEA TURTLE RELEASED TO SEA AT ISLAMORADA’S FOUNDERS PARK

A green sea turtle, rehabilitated at the Florida Keys’ Turtle Hospital after being rescued Feb. 3 suffering from cold stunning, was released Feb. 19...