Key Largo School students receive KAPOW awards
Key Largo School eighth grade graduates Kamal Al-Hamid, Christopher Calatayud, Sabrina Martinez and Mariam Yzaguirre received special awards from Learning for Success Inc.(LFS) through...
FOURTH OF JULY – Festivities on tap, but virus brings changes
Key West’s elected officials are concerned about the potential for viral spread at the annual Fourth of July celebration and fireworks, but city commissioners...
One dead, one in critical condition after June 15 shooting
Two Stock Island brothers have been identified as the suspects in a fatal double shooting that occurred on June 15 at an area locally...
Oxitec gets approvals to start trials with genetically modified mosquitoes
Oxitec, the company that aims to control the population of disease-carrying mosquitoes by releasing genetically modified “friendly” mosquitoes, received approval this week from seven...
Carruthers, Martinez vie for County Commission District 3 seat
Monroe County has lost tourism revenue, tax revenue and residents throughout the coronavirus crisis. Additional challenges lie ahead as the island chain deals with...
Cold murder case solved – Police: murderer was killed one year later
A decades-old murder with the has been solved with the help of new DNA technology, said Sheriff Rick Ramsay, whose office worked with the...
Key West 7th grader earns high SAT score
Matthew Robertson earned an SAT score that would grant him admission to many top colleges. But Robertson has plenty of time for college plans. He...
Peaceful march starts at African cemetery
On Friday, June 19, a peaceful Freedom March in Key West will recognize and celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest commemoration of the end of slavery...
County’s health officer discusses reopening, cases, tracing
Coronavirus cases in the Keys reached 131 on June 16. The islands reopened to visitors on June 1. Since then, a total of 22...
BOCC votes to require protective coverings until June 2021
Hold onto your masks. At the June 17 BOCC meeting, the county commissioners voted unanimously to approve a county ordinance requiring masks and other similar...
