Schools distribute laptops to students
By Jim McCarthy, Sara Matthis and Mandy Miles
Monroe County schools are in the process of distributing Chromebooks to students who need the laptop computers...
Key West extends state of local emergency
The City of Key West has extended the State of Local Emergency for the next seven days. By doing so, all previous directives remain...
Passengers, number of flights to Keys slowing
All is going according to plan at Monroe County’s two airports. Passengers who arrive from Connecticut, New Jersey or New York — areas with...
USS Detroit Arrives in Key West for Maintenance
The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) arrived at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor, March 29 to conduct emergency repairs.
According...
Key West starts repaving Duval Street
Now's the time.
City officials in Key West decided to take advantage of a largely deserted Duval Street and this week launched a repaving project...
Local groups sew masks for healthcare workers
What do Key West drag queens, snowbird grandmothers and laid-off tourism workers have in common?
Answer: Sewing machines, spare time and a desire to help...
State of the cities
By Sara Matthis, Mandy Miles and Jim McCarthy
The most important thing to know is this: municipalities in the Florida Keys can take MORE restrictive...
COVID-19 testing available in Key West and Key Largo
A large, handwritten sign at the entrance to Advanced Urgent Care on North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West advertises “COVID-19 testing,” but an equally...
Virtual support platform delivers supplies, meets needs and helps locals
Community. Reaching out. Locals helping locals. These were the things on Stephanie Stevens’ mind when she launched the Florida Keys Request Line Facebook group...
Two confirmed to date, with third awaiting confirmation
The number of positive coronavirus cases jumped to two Monday morning. Like the first case, the second is travel-related, according to health officials.
Per the...
