LIFE BENEATH THE WAVES: NEW SUBSEA HABITAT DEPLOYS IN KEYS WATERS IN APRIL
This summer, the Florida Keys will play host to the first new subsea human habitat in four decades.
In late April, UK-based ocean engineering company...
MARATHON CITY COUNCIL UPS VACATION RENTAL LICENSING FEES
Marathon’s vacation rental owners will see their licensing fees increase in the coming year – but not by the $1,000 margin originally proposed to...
BOAT FIRED UPON BY CUBAN MILITARY WAS REPORTED STOLEN FROM BIG PINE KEY PROPERTY
A boat that reportedly entered into an open-water gunfight with the Cuban military on Feb. 25 was reported stolen from Big Pine Key in...
INSPIRED BY MARATHON’S WILD BIRD CENTER, ANNIKA BALTZERSEN BRINGS AVIAN ADVOCACY TO CAPITOL
A 14-year-old whose visits to Marathon inspired a love for precious bird species in the Sunshine State is now making her voice heard in...
MARATHON COUNCIL FIRES CITY MANAGER GEORGE GARRETT
In a Tuesday night bombshell, the Marathon City Council voted to terminate City Manager George Garrett without cause via a 3-2 vote in its...
RON DESANTIS UNVEILS JAMES MONROE STATUE, VISITS GRASSY KEY EATERY
A statue of Monroe County’s namesake now graces the side of the Overseas Highway by the old Bahia Honda Bridge, after a visit from...
SINGLE-LANE CLOSURES START FEB. 17 IN MARATHON FOR DEEP WELL DRILLING
The city of Marathon is starting a court-mandated deep injection well project to modernize its wastewater effluent disposal system and enhance long-term environmental protection.
That...
COUNTY TO CAPITOL: LOCAL LEADERS SPOTLIGHT ISLAND NEEDS FACE-TO-FACE IN FLORIDA KEYS DAY
As the rest of Florida battled a brutal cold snap, government leaders and nonprofit reps from the state’s warmest county brought the needs and...
SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER? ASK THE ‘MOLLUSK METEOROLOGIST’ OFFERS PREDICTION
Step aside, Punxsutawney Phil. Winter in the Florida Keys is up to a “mollusk meteorologist.”
As the famed groundhog revealed his prediction of six more...
DOLPHINS’ FATE DECIDED: BANKRUPTCY JUDGE APPROVES TRANSFER OF DUCK KEY ANIMALS TO SEAWORLD
A Middle Keys dolphin facility in operation since the early 1990s will close and send its eight animals to SeaWorld, Delaware bankruptcy judge Laurie...
