WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STOPS ON THE WATER UNDER THE ‘BOATER FREEDOM...
Random stops on the water will become less frequent this summer, courtesy of the Boater Freedom Act recently greenlit by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis....
NOAA PREDICTS ABOVE-NORMAL STORM SEASON
Forecasters with NOAA’s National Weather Service predict above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin this year.
NOAA’s outlook for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which...
COUNTY EMERGENCY DIRECTOR WHO GUIDED FLORIDA KEYS THROUGH COVID ACCEPTS JOB AT HER ALMA...
Monroe County’s top emergency management official is departing to lead her alma mater’s emergency planning and response.
On May 21, Monroe County announced Shannon Weiner’s...
KEY WEST PAUSES TO HONOR THE FALLEN ON MEMORIAL DAY
Key West’s military groups paused the morning of May 26 to recall the reason behind the Memorial Day holiday with meaningful events to honor...
STANLEY SWITLIK STUDENTS TURN FOOD SCRAPS INTO NOURISHMENT FOR WORMS
What’s the best thing to do with food waste? Feed the worms.
That’s precisely what Michael Sessler’s science students at Stanley Switlik Elementary School have...
WHAT’S COOKING, KEY WEST? MANY CULTURES SHAPED LOCAL CUISINE
Ernest Hemingway, who lived and worked in Key West for most of the 1930s, once wrote, “I have discovered that there is romance in...
COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS PRESIDENT OFFERS MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE SALUTING THE-LATE FRANK TOPPINO
Editor’s note: The following is a Memorial Day message from College of the Florida Keys President Jonathan Gueverra
As we prepare to usher in the...
CORAL SHORES STUDENT THE FIRST IN MONROE COUNTY TO WIN SILVER KNIGHTS AWARD
A decades-old awards program that recognizes the achievements of South Florida high school seniors in and out of the classroom included Monroe County students...
ALL 5 KEYS LIBRARIES OFFER SUMMER READING PROGRAM
The popular Summer Reading programs are returning to all five branches of the Monroe County Public Library in June and July. Each branch has...
KEYS HISTORY: TORCHWOOD, AN 1876 HOMESTEAD & THE BERN AND BETTY BROTHER
Torchwood is a tree that grows in South Florida, the Keys, Mexico and the Caribbean.
It reaches about 15 feet, though it can grow a...
