COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES TENTATIVE BUDGET WITH SPENDING INCREASE
A tentative Monroe County School District spending plan totaling nearly $300 million seeks to raise even more property tax dollars than the previous year...
KEYS MARINE LAB & CORAL PRACTITIONERS COLLABORATE TO BEAT THE HEAT
When historic and harmful ocean temperatures began ravaging our reefs and coral nurseries, Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) and coral practitioners stepped up to the...
WATER PIPE PROJECT IN ISLAMORADA REACHES THE HALFWAY POINT
Crews have reached the halfway mark on the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority’s (FKAA) Islamorada Transmission Main Replacement Project about two months ahead of schedule....
‘SERVE THE COMMUNITY’? BAPTIST PASTOR CLOSES SCHOOL WITH LITTLE NOTICE & LESS EXPLANATION
The impending Aug. 4 closure of a Key West child care center and preschool has the parents of more than 50 children — from...
BUBBA AWARDS COME WITH BRAGGING RIGHTS
What’s the point of winning something if you can’t brag about the accomplishment?
Social media seems made for such bragging rights, and The Bubbas: Key...
ARTIST’S CORNER: MEDITATIVE EXPLORATIONS & MUSIC INSPIRE ARTIST ELENA MADDEN
There is a certain rush when you see a tarpon moving just below the water’s surface. Maybe it is the fish’s prehistoric features or...
KEYS HISTORY: ISLAND CONFLICTS LEAD TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
Monroe County has seen significant change over the last 200 years, and has been affected by a few wars. Maybe the first was the...
ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TO SHOWCASE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY
On Tuesday, Aug. 1, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and its law enforcement, military and community partners will host National Night Out events in...
WHAT DOES THE UNPRECEDENTED MARINE HEAT WAVE MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF KEYS’ AQUATIC...
Are we witnessing the death of an entire ecosystem?
It’s too early to tell, but that’s the unbearable – and hopefully unfounded – fear in...
VOLUNTEER MONITORS NEEDED AMID THE HEAT-DRIVEN CORAL BLEACHING
With unseasonably high ocean temperatures in the Florida Keys, local coral reefs are bleaching, a stress response which increases susceptibility to disease, predation and...
