Florida Keys

Gassy Winds reflects on the Queen Mother’s important, year round role in Key West.

The Wacky Sports Challenge staged at Coconut Cove Resort in Islamorada last weekend was a complete blast. Eleven teams took part in the challenge to raise money...

For many Key West residents, their mornings begin with the same routine. Coffee is brewed, an incredible sunrise paints the sky, and the smooth didactic waves of...

I do have a half-finished, fictionalized work that shrinks with each honest edit. It is so difficult for me to write that I will call my next book a work of “friction.” The first story involves a protagonist named Blu Yunger, a dead buzzard and a Pogo stick modified for military use. The title is Screwed, Blu’ed and Tattooed. Then there’s the one about the worm farm . . .

On the Nov. 6, 2012 ballot there were four questions put to the voters regarding property taxes. Two were constitutional amendments approved by the majority and automatically...

Trojan obstacle race organizer Larry Wright likens the upcoming event to human motocross. “They participants will be doing laps in the center of the park and the spectators...

Lobster Mini Season this Wednesday & Thursday   Recreational and commercial harvest seasons for spiny lobster in Florida are set to reopen soon. The special two-day spiny lobster sport...

“I don’t want this to be about me, because it’s not,” said Joe Cleghorn, the man behind Keystock.  “There are so many people who are pouring their...

It’s all about getting the water right.  That was the message that Steve Davis, senior ecologist and vice president of communications and engagement for The Everglades Foundation gave...

Last week, artist Taylor Hale showed a visitor around his solo exhibition at Ocean Sotheby’s in Islamorada. The space is white and light-filled, and his large, stark,...