SPORTS WRAP: CORAL SHORES FOOTBALL BEATS MARATHON, CLAIMS 53RD ‘BATTLE OF THE KEYS’
October 7 marked the renewal of one of the Keys’ longest-running sports rivalries when the Marathon High School football team traveled to face Coral Shores in the...
FLORIDA KEYS FLOOD VICTIMS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA HELP
When the floodwaters of Hurricane Ian receded from Key West by Sept. 30, more than 400 Key West households had to haul their drenched lives and living...
SPORTS WRAP: MARATHON VS. CORAL SHORES HISTORIC RIVALRY
By Tracy McDonald and Alex Rickert
On Friday, Oct. 7, two island football teams will meet on the gridiron to extend what is already the longest standing rivalry...
$519M SPENDING PLAN APPROVED BY MONROE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Monroe County commissioners unanimously adopted a $519 million spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year during a final budget hearing at the Murray Nelson Government Center in...
FLORIDA KEYS POWER WORKERS DEPLOYED TO ASSIST AREAS RAVAGED BY HURRICANE IAN
Florida Keys Electric Cooperative sent crews, equipment, and material to assist with Hurricane Ian power restoration in Florida on Friday.
Three two-person FKEC journeymen linemen teams and a...
IN PICTURES: MARATHON TAKES A HIT, BUT AVOIDS THE WORST OF HURRICANE IAN
Well, it certainly wasn’t nothing. But when all was said and done, the Florida Keys got lucky – relatively speaking – in the wake of Hurricane Ian.
Torrential...
STORM UPDATE: SCHOOLS TO REOPEN FRIDAY; SURGE FLOODING STILL IMPACTING UPPER KEYS
The worst is over for the Florida Keys, where damage assessments and repairs are now the primary focus following flooding and tropical storm winds spawned by Hurricane...
HURRICANE IAN FLOODS KEY WEST, DOWNS TREES & CUTS POWER
By Jim McCarthy, Alex Rickert and Mandy Miles
A strengthening Hurricane Ian skirted past the Florida Keys beginning Sept. 27, delivering storm surge and tropical storm — and...
OLD SEVEN MILE BRIDGE RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS PRESERVATION AWARD
The Florida Keys’ Old Seven Mile Bridge has been named one of three global 2022 Phoenix Awards winners by the Society of American Travel Writers. Restoration of...
BREAKING NEWS: PARASAIL CAPTAIN ARRESTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER IN FATAL CRASH IN MARATHON, FLORIDA
On Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) arrested Daniel Gavin Couch, 49, of Marathon on a warrant for one charge of...
