NEW AQUEDUCT FACILITY CAN TURN SEAWATER TO DRINKING WATER
The Lower Keys is a little less reliant these days on the past-its-prime pipeline that brings drinking water from the mainland to the island...
ROGO BILLS HIT ROADBLOCKS IN TALLAHASSEE
By Alex Rickert and Jim McCarthy
Four bills that could have provided hundreds or thousands of new building rights to the Florida Keys at the...
WOMAN CONVICTED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING BOYFRIEND IN 2023 SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN...
The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office announced on April 11 that Brittany Holbrook, 35, was sentenced to 40 years in state prison – with...
KEY WEST AIRPORT BREAKS RECORD IN DECEMBER
December 2024 was Key West International Airport’s best December on record, with 143,606 passengers using the airport for the month.
2024 was transformative for EYW,...
SPCA HITS THE ROAD IN NEW MOBILE CLINIC, THANKS TO FANTASY FEST FUNDS
Remember last year, when the Royal Campaign for King and Queen of Fantasy Fest raised more than $587,000 for the Florida Keys SPCA?
It was...
ROAD ELEVATION PROJECT UNDERWAY ON U.S. 1 IN THE LOWER KEYS
The Florida Department of Transportation is working along U.S. 1 from MM 20.6 to MM 23.1 on Cudjoe Key, from MM 19.4 to MM...
INDICTMENTS & CHARGES GROW IN TRAUMA STAR DRUG THEFT SCANDAL
By Mandy Miles, Jim McCarthy and Alex Rickert
A grand jury has indicted retired county administrator Roman Gastesi, who was slated to return to the...
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...
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...
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...
