IRIE ISLAND EATS REOPENS AFTER DEVASTATING FIRE
When Irie Island Eats owner Chris Lordi left his business just after 6 p.m. on May 27, the last thing he expected was to...
REMNANTS FROM HURRICANE AGATHA COULD BRING WEAK TROPICAL STORM TO THE KEYS
June 1 starts a six-month hurricane season that forecasters say could bring 14 to 21 named storms due to La Niña and warmer Atlantic...
STATE LEGISLATORS ADDRESS PROPERTY INSURANCE CRISIS
A reinsurance program and a crackdown on fraudulent roof claims are among the proposals approved during a special session in Tallahassee to address a...
AUCTIONS CLOSE FOR 3 ICONIC KEYS LIGHTHOUSES
It’s no secret that real estate prices in the Keys are at an all-time high. Apparently, the same goes for lighthouses.
In bidding wars that...
EXPERTS PREDICT ABOVE-NORMAL HURRICANE SEASON
Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it...
BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE CAUSES STRESS FOR KEYS FAMILIES
Tomoe Ventura's year-old grandson Kairo has a milk protein allergy. Recently, the frustrated Marathon grandmother found herself scrambling to find baby formula.
"We didn't have...
6 MIGRANT GROUPS INTERCEPTED IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
A small wooden boat containing a large sail washed ashore in Islamorada on May 2. Onboard the homemade vessel was a group of Cuban...
GOVERNOR APPOINTS JIM SCHOLL TO COUNTY COMMISSION
“I’ve always said I don’t run for office; I run from office,” the Florida Keys’ newest county commissioner told the Keys Weekly on May...
KEYS MARINE SANCTUARY’S UPDATED RESTORATION BLUEPRINT COULD RELEASE IN JUNE
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary resources are under threat and facing continued deterioration. With threats of hurricanes and a stony coral tissue loss disease...
HEALTH ADVISORIES LIFTED AS BEACH BACTERIA COUNTS DROP
High levels of bacteria found in nearshore waters off several Keys beaches during water quality tests throughout the month of March have significantly subsided,...
