COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSISTS AIR STATION MIAMI DRILLS

Four members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Flotilla 13-8 left the dock on the morning of Jan. 12 to support drills performed by...

Grab a ticket to benefit art in the Keys!

Our Place in Paradise, a nonprofit community art studio and gallery in Tavernier, is welcoming the new year with an art raffle and sale. The...

AHEC TO PROVIDE RAPID TESTING (20 MINUTES) FOR FREE IN KEY WEST

Keys Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) will be administering free rapid COVID-19 tests to Key West residents and employees of Key West-registered businesses. The...

DO YOU HAVE YOUR $600? IF NOT, IT MIGHT COME AS A TAX WRITE-OFF,...

Color us green for surprised. On Jan. 12, several major news outlets, including Forbes and the Sun Sentinel, reported that instead of receiving $600...

STATUTE TRIGGERS UNEMPLOYMENT TAX HIKE

Happy New Year, here are some higher taxes. Beginning in January, Florida business owners will pay a higher unemployment tax rate that was triggered...

LOCAL CREATES COLORING & ACTIVITY BOOK DURING QUARANTINE

Micah Blake’s latest project was born when he took some visiting friends to the reef off Marathon this past summer.  “It was a whole new...

Islamorada council to pen letter urging Florida governor to halt pedestrian bridge

An attempt by Islamorada Village Council to halt construction of a $4.68-million pedestrian bridge near Founders Park took a first step on Thursday evening....

COUNTY COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ RESPONDS TO POLICE INCIDENT AT HIS HOME

Key West Police were called Jan. 12  to intervene in a family dispute involving newly elected County Commissioner Eddie Martinez and his 24-year-old stepdaughter,...

STATE REP MOONEY GETS ASSIGNMENTS, EYES CRITICAL FUNDING IN FRESHMAN YEAR

New state Rep. Jim Mooney prepares to put on a suit as some of his first committee meetings in Tallahassee get underway on Jan....

BILL FILINGS WITH SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS UNDERWAY IN TALLAHASSEE

State legislators returned to Tallahassee on Jan. 11 for the first week of committee meetings. With revenues down and a vaccine rollout underway, an...