FOUR SEEK ISLAMORADA COUNCIL SEAT VACATED BY BUDDY PINDER
Four Islamorada residents are expressing interest in a village council seat vacated by Buddy Pinder earlier in the month.
Pinder submitted a resignation letter on Jan. 10, just...
CONSTRUCTION WORKER’S PASSION FOR BUTTERFLIES TAKES FLIGHT
It was about eight months ago when construction worker Jeff Smith stumbled upon something in his garden that would quickly become his passion.
"It was a complete accident,...
MEL FISHER MUSEUM LAUNCHES WINTER LECTURE SERIES
One of the New World’s oldest shipwrecks, Civil War-era emancipation in Key West, and the discovery of two fabled sunken Spanish galleons will be highlighted during a...
KEY WEST AIRPORT BREAKS RECORD IN DECEMBER
December 2024 was Key West International Airport’s best December on record, with 143,606 passengers using the airport for the month.
2024 was transformative for EYW, with ballooning passenger...
NEW KEY DEER RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS DWINDLING FRESH WATER SOURCES
Key deer, the smallest subspecies of white-tailed deer in North America, are emblematic of the Florida Keys. The endearing creatures are miniature versions of their larger counterparts,...
RARE PYGMY WHALE STRANDED OFF THE FLORIDA KEYS DIES FROM ITS INJURIES
Marine mammal responders mobilized for the report of a stranded dolphin off Long Key State Park on Jan. 12. What they found upon arrival was a little...
KEYS’ OVERALL GRADUATION RATE TRAILS STATE AVERAGE OF 89.7%
School district officials this week announced the 2023-2024 graduation rates for the Florida Keys’ three public high schools, two of which trail the state’s highest-ever graduation rate...
MARATHON CITY COUNCIL BEGINS 2025 WITH AWARDS APLENTY
Awards and service recognitions highlighted an otherwise-brief first Marathon City Council session of 2025 on Jan. 14.
A Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service proclamation presented to...
INCOMING PRESIDENT TRUMP TAPS KEY WEST’S RUSSO TO CHAIR TASK FORCE
A Key West businessman, environmental consultant and Nobel Prize nominee made national political headlines last week when president-elect Donald Trump tapped him for a role in the...
UPPER KEYS SIBLING MURDER TRIAL IS UNDERWAY IN KEY WEST COURTROOM
Dressed in a blue suit coat, Daniel Weisberger entered a Key West courtroom on Jan. 14. His leg ankle chains clang as he proceeded to a table...
