Sanctuary’s Blue Star Program adds Middle, Upper Keys operators

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary established the Blue Star program to recognize tour operators committed to promoting responsible and sustainable diving, snorkeling, and...

$134,928 NOAA Grant Will Help Continue Dives Against Debris in the Florida Keys

After Hurricane Irma, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reached out to local dive and snorkel operators in the Keys to help with...

The Islamorada library is looking for your best shot of life in the Keys

Islamorada Library is hosting an art contest for adults. Called "What's in Your Camera Roll?", we challenge locals to document life in the Florida...

OPINION: Cruise ships degrade the environment: Fact or fake news?

John E. Wells has written two letters recently claiming the Committee for Safer, Cleaner Ships is leading a “hysterical disinformation program” in support of...

What brought Ireland’s Most Stylish Man to Key West?

The Alexa device inside the Bobby Shop hair salon and barber shop didn't immediately recognize Lee Stinton’s song request given his clipped and lyrical...

Post later taken down says teachers ‘resistant to returning to school’

A Facebook post by the Monroe County School District was taken down on Wednesday after it went at teachers from two Upper Keys schools...

Workplaces double as school for Keys students and parents

At the Dolphin Research Center, they call it micro-schooling, which is as good a word as any to describe what others have called flexibility...

Florida Keys charter schools welcome students back

By JIM McCARTHY and MANDY MILES School is in full swing throughout the Keys. While a number of students remain home on their laptops, others...

REEF’s Annual Lionfish Derby Goes Socially-Distant To Defend Reefs

Lionfish are some of the most iconic invasive species of the Florida Keys. They’re beautiful, they’re venomous and they’re hungry. Luckily for us humans,...

Would you pay a toll to get into the Florida Keys?

The possibility of a toll on U.S. 1 to enter into the Florida Keys was a hot topic at the August BOCC meeting, where...