7 PEOPLE SENT TO HOSPITALS AFTER SHOCKING LOWER KEYS BOAT CRASH
With two children and six adults on board, a large SeaHunter boat smashed into a Lower Keys bridge in the early morning hours of July 8.
The crash...
BOAT CRASH AT LOWER KEYS BRIDGE SENDS 7 TO HOSPITALS, INCLUDING CHILD
Seven people, including one child, were hospitalized early Monday morning after the large center console boat they were aboard crashed into a Lower Keys bridge, Monroe County...
ON BLEACH WATCH: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO MONITOR CORALS AMID ANOTHER HOT SEASON
Sea surface temperatures are on the rise again in the Florida Keys. Summertime is when local coral reefs may begin to show signs of heat-driven bleaching, a...
SCHOOL DISTRICT & TEACHERS UNION REACH TENTATIVE DEAL FOR 2024 THROUGH 2026
The United Teachers of Monroe (UTM) and the Monroe County School District (MCSD) began contract negotiations for the upcoming school year in February to address compensation, benefits...
GUEST COMMENTARY: IS THE CITY BOND ISSUE A BAD IDEA?
Editor’s note: The following was submitted by George Edson in response to the city of Key West’s consideration of a November ballot question that will ask local...
GOOD THINGS, SMALL PACKAGES: YOUNG CONCH GYMNAST MIA PUIG RANKS NATIONALLY, DREAMS INTERNATIONALLY
My phone kept suggesting I rotate the photos for this story, clearly “thinking” the images were upside down. But the images were correct.
The subject was upside down....
KEY WEST PRIDE CELEBRATES DIVERSITY & DISCO JUNE 5-9
Visitors can join Key West residents to celebrate the island’s unique LGBTQ community – and boogie like it’s the 1970s disco era – during Key West Pride...
COUNTY PLANS NEW MOORING FIELD OFF STOCK ISLAND
Monroe County is moving ahead with plans to install a new managed mooring field for 40 liveaboard vessels in Boca Chica Basin, just off Maloney Avenue on...
SHOULD STOCK ISLAND & KEY HAVEN BE PART OF KEY WEST?
Should the areas of Key Haven and Stock Island be made part of the city of Key West?
The question has been often asked for the past 20-some...
CITY OFFICIALS TO FDOT: LEAVE THE TREES; SKIP THE RAILINGS ON N. ROOSEVELT PROMENADE
“Remove the guardrails and leave the trees.”
Commissioner Billy Wardlow summed up the Key West city commission’s sentiments during the March 14 meeting.
State transportation officials want to install...
