2019 KEYS HOLIDAY PHOTO CONTEST
Thanks to everyone who participated in our 1st ever Keys Holiday Photo Contest! We wanted to see your photos that capture what the holidays and life in...
Restoring the Keys flats fisheries
BY: WHITNEY WEMETT
Dr. Ross Boucek, Florida Keys initiative manager of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT), joined a group of local fishermen and community members at the...
Museums launch virtual programming to continue education, expand reach
Local museums are using creativity and technology to keep members engaged, entertained and, most importantly, at home.
“People checked in from as far away as Guam, which is...
The Bum Farto Files: Joe Bedami: Canary in the coal mine
Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976, while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch – a sting...
Can Key West recover? COVID losses cripple island city
Key West businesses are hurting from the COVID-19 pandemic, capacity restrictions and reduced tourism, but most of them aren’t asking for government assistance.
They want city hall to...
Florida Keys restaurants return to regular hours; Bars remain closed by state order
Florida Keys lawmakers voted Tuesday evening to allow restaurants to resume their normal hours of operation and allow a COVID-related 11 p.m. curfew lapse.
The curfew had forced...
Key West may rename — not remove — Confederate pavilion
One has to look closely at the white-colmned pavilion at Bayview Park to see the reference to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Stephen R. Mallory chapter,...
Thanks-galley Dinner: Big Meals Aboard Small Spaces
Those who spend their days — and holidays — on liveaboard boats in the Florida Keys know a secret. Everyone, even the landlubbers among us, knows how...
CARAVAN THANKS KEY WEST’S PROTECTORS
Friday’s flag-drenched caravan through Key West included vintage military vehicles, motorcycles, trucks — and a trailer full of bagpipers.
Longtime Key West resident Capt. Larry Gross said he...
KEY WEST WOMEN’S SHELTER HOSTS ONLINE POLAR PLUNGE CONTEST
Samuel’s House women and families shelter invites people everywhere to join this year’s first-ever Virtual Southernmost Polar Plunge and plunge their way, any way, however and wherever...
