Key West

For the first time in a Monroe County school board meeting, district staff brought up the ‘Great Resignation,’ the nationwide trend of workers in...

A little more than 120 Haitian migrants hopped off a vessel and made their way onto land via a Summerland Key residence’s beach on...

The Keys Weekly is proud to feature local middle-school students and their answers to some fun questions in our Kids Weekly segment. Instead of...

I watched from the bleachers as Dexter Butler, one of the great baseball Conchs of yesteryear, worked with 9-year-old Caydon Gonzalez at Wickers Field,...

I’ve got issues. This whole Wordle thing is NOT good for my evening productivity. But I'm clearly not alone. The wildly popular word puzzle is...

Cruise ships of all sizes will continue to visit Key West, one at a time, docking only at the privately run Pier B. The...

And so it begins — election season, that is. The nonprofit, voter-advocacy group Hometown! hosted its first Call for Candidates on March 8 in Key...

Housing is the largest single challenge facing Florida Keys residents and has been for decades. With scarce buildable land, strict height restrictions, sky-high property values, second homes that sit empty most of the year and a proliferation of vacation rentals, many full-time workers no longer can afford to live or rent in the island chain, much less buy a home.

Last week, Keys Weekly defined the housing problem. This week, we examine what caused it, and how we got here. A complex blend of contributing factors has turned the Florida Keys’ longtime housing concerns into an undeniable crisis.

Key West High’s baseball team extended its unbeaten streak to 4-0 last weekend, defeating Barron Collier twice, 13-4 on Friday, March 4, and 4-2...