Pandemic Pop Quiz: Are you thriving, surviving or sinking?
All you had to do was stay home — lockdown, quarantine, masks, sanitizer and loads of toilet paper. Piece of cake, right? Perhaps not.
Our...
1 YEAR OF COVID: THE PANDEMIC IN REVIEW
Conchs acknowledge St. Patrick's Day — March 17, 2020 — as the day the pandemic came to the Florida Keys. But even before that, there...
Baptist Health opens vaccine appointments in Islamorada
Baptist Health South Florida is opening up Covid-19 vaccine appointments to individuals 18 and over during a clinic set for next week at Island...
OPINION: SO… ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE VACCINE?
As of this past Monday, all Floridians 18 years of age and older are eligible to receive any FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, and people 16-17...
OUR ECONOMY SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC. NOW WHAT?
It seems so small and so selfish to say in the midst of a much needed economic boom in the Middle Keys, but here...
KEY WEST WOMEN LAUNCH VACCINE PROJECT
‘All I wanted for my birthday this year was a vaccine,” said Key West hotelier Kate Miano. ‘I was scared to death.’ Miano was...
OBITUARY: IN LOVING MEMORY OF CRYSTAL CATES
Crystal Cates, loving daughter, sister and aunt, passed away Thursday, June 24 at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
She had fought valiantly since November after being diagnosed with...
KEYS OFFICIALS, BUSINESS OWNERS DEALING WITH RISING COVID CASES
Increasing COVID-19 cases in the Keys have some stores and municipalities bringing back mask requirements. Some are issuing messages strongly encouraging their use, while...
Islamorada council sets ground rules for remote meeting participation
Surging COVID-19 cases and more quarantining measures among those in contact with infected individuals drew council members to adopt new rules on remote meeting...
ARE COVID CASES PLATEAUING IN THE FLORIDA KEYS?
Another week brought new positive COVID-19 infections throughout Florida and the Keys. Cases statewide and in the island chain, however, appear to have plateaued.
The...
