IN PICTURES: SOUTH FLORIDA PROFESSIONALS GATHER IN KEY WEST
Key West hosted a large group of business owners and professionals from all over Florida the weekend of Aug. 21, when the South Florida...
SPORTS & MORE: KWHS athletic director also hopes to coach soccer
Justin Martin was born and grew up in Key West, graduated from Key West High, then Flagler College in St. Augustine.
After college, he spent three years tending to the family business — commercial fishing — before he took on coaching the Conchs’ girls...
BREAKING NEWS: KEY WEST’S ROYAL KING & QUEEN CAMPAIGN CANCELED
There will be no king and queen fundraising campaign for Key West's Fantasy Fest this year.
The Royal Campaign, an annual eight-week fundraising campaign for...
MEET THE NEW KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LARRY SCHMIEGEL
This isn’t Larry Schmiegel’s first rodeo.
The new Key West High School principal may have come most recently from Poinciana Elementary School, but he’s no...
KEY WEST CITY COMMISSION TALKS TRASH, CRUISE SHIPS, HOUSING & MORE
The Aug. 17 city commission meeting had it all: cruise ship angst, Fantasy Fest in the face of COVID, affordable housing at Truman Waterfront...
BATTLE BREWING? FANTASY FEST DECISION COMING SEPT 1
The topic of Fantasy Fest didn’t appear anywhere on the city commission agenda, but it dominated a discussion at Tuesday’s meeting about the safety...
HOUSING CRISIS: FKOC HOPES TO HOUSE 140 MORE PEOPLE
Two local nonprofits are working together, hoping to construct 235 new apartments for the Florida Keys Outreach Coalition for the Homeless.
The units would replace...
Florida Keys upgraded to tropical storm warning
A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida Keys. The National Hurricane Center posted the warning on Friday morning as Tropical Depression...
OFFICIALS STRIKE TENTATIVE DEAL TO SAVE KEY WEST’S SENIOR HOUSING FACILITY
Key West’s financially strapped assisted-living facility, Poinciana Gardens, got a reprieve last week, when officials from three government agencies agreed to a cost-sharing arrangement.
The...
KWHS STADIUM CONDEMNED: CONCH FOOTBALL HAS NEW HOME FOR HOME GAMES
For the first time in recent memory, Key West High School Conchs will play their home football games someplace other than Tommy Roberts Memorial...
