Islamorada races all contested – Former councilwoman, two others step forward to challenge
The race to sit on the Islamorada village council saw only two contests not long ago. That’s since changed, however, with three local residents...
100 years ago: 19th Amendment lets white women vote
American women, including those in the Florida Keys, can thank the state of Tennessee when they head to the polls or mail their ballots...
Sanctuary’s expert talks about sources, restoration and why it matters
As the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary wades through the Restoration Blueprint public meetings, discussions, drafts and revisions processes, water quality remains a primary...
WILSON AT SEA – Teen launches weather buoy off Middle Keys
On Aug. 8, Capt. Jim Knutson carefully launched the creation of Hayden Brophy. Knutson made a straight beeline from Marathon’s shore 17 miles into...
COVID affects Florida Keys commercial leases
The pandemic has affected and/or altered every aspect of life and society: education, communication, transportation and recreation; medicine, media, politics, relationships — and real...
Mote scientists celebrate huge breakthrough in coral restoration
When Hanna Koch, coral reproduction scientist at Mote’s Summerland Key facility, talks about spawning, or coral sex, she gets excited.
Last year, Koch hit a...
Decision time: Florida Keys will vote whether to release genetically modified mosquitoes
On Tuesday, Aug. 18, the board of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District will finally vote on an experimental trial of the Oxitec genetically...
THE KEYS IN YOUR EYES: Get Featured in the Weekly!
Are you slick with your iPhone? An ace with a drone?
Here in the Keys, it’s hard not to find something beautiful to take a...
Lawsuit targets Key West police, school district
The mother of a child who punched a Key West teacher in 2018 is suing the school district, the city of Key West and...
What’s in a Burmese Python? Everglades scientist gets to the guts of the matter
Christina Romagosa is a research associate professor in the University of Florida’s Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation in Gainesville, Florida, but much of...
