Boat ramp on Blimp Road opens ahead of lobster mini-season
Monroe County has reopened the public boat ramp located on the bayside at the end of Blimp Road on Cudjoe Key (Mile Marker 21.2)...
More drugs wash ashore in the Florida Keys
Packages of suspected drugs keep arriving to the shore of the Florida Keys.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, a package containing suspected...
Tax collector consolidates services at Truman Avenue government center
Don’t go to Searstown to renew your driver’s license after Friday, Aug, 7.
Monroe County Tax Collector Sam Steele announced on Aug. 3 that efforts...
Firefighters battling brush fire on Big Pine Key plan tactical burnout this afternoon
Firefighters responding to the ongoing wildfire on Big Pine Key plan to conduct tactical burnout operations beginning at approximately 2:30 p.m. today along the...
It’s official: Key West’s new mayor & 2 commissioners get sworn in
Not everyone at city hall on Aug. 24 had voted for new Mayor Sam Kaufman, commissioner Chris Massicotte and commissioner Mark Rossi, but everyone...
County’s mooring field project secures permits; effort aims to reduce unmanaged anchoring
Monroe County recently received permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary for the Man of War...
New Key West commission starts first meeting with unanimity
The first vote at the first meeting of the reconfigured city commission was a unanimous approval — previously a rare occurrence.
All seven members —...
Who should run Key West’s only hospital? Hear the proposals at the Oct. 6...
An upcoming decision will affect everyone in Key West and the Lower Keys, and public input is critical.
The board that oversees Key West’s only...




















