POLICE ARRESTED SUSPECTED BANK ROBBER WITHIN 15 MINUTES IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA
Alphonso Woods, 31, was arrested on Dec. 15, suspected of robbing First State Bank of the Florida Keys on Simonton Street. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/Contributed
On the morning...
KEY WEST IS READY TO RENEW MALLORY SQUARE
Key West is officially seeking proposals for a renewed Mallory Square.
City Manager Patti McLauchlin told the city commissioners and mayor on Dec. 7 that the Request for...
KEY WEST FINANCE DIRECTOR MARK FINIGAN TO RETIRE
The city of Key West will lose its chief financial officer on Feb. 28, when Mark Finigan, who oversees the budget and all financial matters in the...
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OMICRON & LACK OF COVID VACCINES FOR KIDS IN KEYS DISCUSSED AT BOCC
At the Dec. 8 Board of County Commissioners meeting, the emergency management department’s director, Shannon Weiner, said that only a limited number of COVID vaccines for children...
STATE REP. JIM MOONEY SEEKS $20M ANNUAL ALLOCATION FOR STEWARDSHIP ACT
Less than a month remains before a 60-day session of policy and funding discussions in Tallahassee begins. Coming off his first year in office, state Rep. Jim...
200 YEARS: KEY WEST HAS BIG PLANS FOR ITS BICENTENNIAL
Key West will celebrate its Bicentennial — 200th year — in March 2022, which marks the anniversary of the island’s settlement. A year of events is planned,...
KEY WEST’S CRUISE SHIP DEBATE CONTINUES TO DIVIDE THE ISLAND
The political and personal split that has marked Key West’s ongoing cruise ship debate for nearly two years became a physical divide on Thursday morning, when the...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL TURNS DOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
A request to change two parcels of property on the Old Highway from residential conservation to mixed use was turned down by the Islamorada Village Council during...
FISHERMEN’S COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TREATS FIRST ONCOLOGY PATIENT
This week, Baptist Health’s Fishermen’s Community Hospital welcomed the first patient to its new oncology unit. With an ongoing focus on quality and patient care, the new...
