‘BEYOND THE FIRE THERE IS HOPE’: KEY LARGO RALLIES BEHIND GRANDPARENTS WHO LOST HOME
On the afternoon of Friday, Nov. 26, one day after Thanksgiving, 78-year-old Nimia Morejon lay down to take a nap in her Key Largo home. She had...
KEY WEST’S FLOATING MUSEUM MAKES WAY FOR REPAIRS
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ingham, the floating museum ship that typically docks at Truman Waterfront in Key West, is out of town for a few weeks...
$600,000 AWARDED TO SHELTER TO ASSIST HOMELESS YOUNG ADULTS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
The Florida Keys Children’s Shelter (FKCS) recently received a federal grant award over a three-year period, totaling $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
$13M FROM BIDEN’S AMERICAN RESCUE ACT ALLOCATED TO MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS
Beverly Anders, Monroe County School District’s executive director of finance, announced in the most recent school board meeting that $13 million in federal funds will soon hit...
NATION’S OVERDOSE RATE SKYROCKETS; SHERIFF SAYS KEYS HAS TO BE ‘VIGILANT’
Back in April, when Rhonda Brewer’s 31-year-old son Marshall Carlton “Carly” Simonds visited her at his childhood home in Islamorada, she looked into his eyes and knew...
FORMER KEY WEST CITY MANAGER JIM SCHOLL WILLING TO FILL MARTINEZ’S COMMISSION SEAT
The Tuesday, Dec. 7 resignation of County Commissioner Eddie Martinez, a week after his arrest in Hialeah on domestic violence charges, leaves a hole for the governor...
2 KEY WEST HOT SPOTS ARE IN LINE FOR MAKEOVERS
The renovation of Key West’s iconic Duval Street has stopped and started a few times in recent years, but City Manager Patti McLauchlin will update city commissioners...
(ALMOST) READY & WAITING: OLD 7 MILE BRIDGE NEARS COMPLETION
We’re almost there. Seriously.
The long-awaited completion of the Old 7 Mile Bridge project is just around the corner. Since July 2016, when it closed for renovations, most...
DRONES ADD TO COAST GUARD’S CAPABILITIES IN THE KEYS
With eyes on water and on land, U.S. Coast Guard Station Islamorada also is taking to the sky, thanks to a program that’s introducing short-range drones.
On the...
EXCLUSIVE: DR. BOROS SAYS HE’S HEALTHY & WORKING FOLLOWING COVID
Dr. Bruce Boros is "physically healthy and working on four projects at once," he told the Keys Weekly in a text message on Monday, two weeks after...
