KEY WEST ELECTION SEASON STARTS
Key West City Commissioner Mary Lou Hoover and Mayor Teri Johnston both want to serve another term in office.
Hoover represents voters in District 5, which includes the...
WHEN WILL KEY WEST’S NEW STADIUM BE READY?
The school district is hoping to have the new Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium, home of the Key West High School football team, mostly finished in July 2023,...
IN PICTURES: WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT’S SOLDIER RIDE RETURNS TO THE KEYS
A caravan of nearly 40 cyclists made their way down sections of the Overseas Highway and across the Seven Mile Bridge for Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride...
TRAUMA STAR SETS NEW RECORD IN 2021
The Trauma Star air ambulance helicopter program set a new record in 2021 for the number of annual flights flown with 1,383.
The yearly average is typically about...
TALLAHASSEE TAKES AIM AT CRUISE SHIP VOTE
A bill making its way through the Florida Legislature’s committee process seems written to target Key West’s voter-approved cruise ship reductions — and the ordinances the city...
KEY WEST KMART LIKELY TO CLOSE IN MARCH
The Key West Kmart looks to be closing in mid-March, meeting the same demise that befell the other Florida Keys Kmart locations last year.
The Key West location...
KEY WEST OFFICIALS WANT VACATION RENTAL OWNERS TO PAY MORE
Key West city officials want to make it more expensive for homeowners to rent their properties for a month or a week at a time.
Monthly and weekly...
KEY WEST EMBRACES SIDEWALK CAFES & CONSIDERS DOUBLING TRANSIENT LICENSE FEES
The coronavirus could leave one positive adaptation in its wake (when and if it ever leaves for good).
Key West’s sidewalk cafes, launched in 2021 to enable more...
2021: COVID, CRUISE SHIPS & CONTROVERSY HEADLINE THE YEAR IN KEY WEST
Not surprisingly, cruise ships and COVID snagged more Key West headlines in 2021 than any other topics (surprise, surprise). But there was plenty of other news —...
2021 BRINGS COVID VACCINES, MASK DEBATES, VARIANTS & SCHOOL CONCERNS
We had thought this all would be over, or that the end would be in sight. Remember when we all said good riddance to 2020, thinking it...
