UPDATED RESTORATION BLUEPRINT SET FOR RELEASE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT NEXT MONTH
An updated set of proposed rules and regulations to counteract a decline in resources within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) will go out to the...
FANTASY FEST AGREEMENT & NUDITY RESTRICTIONS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH BY KEY WEST OFFICIALS
Only in Key West (and perhaps New Orleans) can one hear prominent city officials discuss nudity, nipples, genitalia and the definitions thereof for more than an hour...
EMACIATED MANATEE RESCUED ON DUCK KEY
Dolphin Research Center’s Manatee Rescue Team (DRC), the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters, assisted by local residents, rescued an emaciated...
KEY WEST OFFICIALS TALK FANTASY FEST
Fantasy Fest will continue under the direction of its founders and current producers, the Key West Tourist Development Association, for the next three years, if officials approve...
WANTED FLORIDA MAN CAUGHT FLEEING TO CUBA ON A JET SKI
Authorities on Tuesday arrested a man accused of $4.2 million of Medicare fraud on a jet ski just south of Key West. Ernesto Cruz Graveran, 54, was...
POLITICAL FOOD FIGHT: CANDIDATE CRITICIZES MOONEY’S STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE VOTE
A Republican candidate for state representative is criticizing current Rep. Jim Mooney’s vote supporting strawberry shortcake as Florida’s official state dessert. Mooney said he finds the latest...
INCOMING ISLAMORADA MANAGER CONTRACT INCLUDES $263K+ IN SALARY & BENEFITS
Incoming Village Manager Ted Yates will receive a $200,000 salary, a monthly housing allowance of $4,000 and $15,000 to cover moving expenses from his Ohio home to...
DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER STAFF RALLIES TO CARE FOR NEWBORN CALF
Dolphin Research Center’s newest flippered addition is in need of a few helping hands. Thankfully, she has dozens waiting in line.
When DRC staff came to work on...
START OF HURRICANE SEASON BROUGHT 11 INCHES OF RAIN TO THE KEYS
A storm making its way to the Florida Keys late last week didn’t become a tropical storm, but it brought a heavy dose of rain and some...
COAST GUARD REPATRIATES 99 CUBANS OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark's crew repatriated 99 Cubans to Cuba on May 31, following seven interdictions off the Florida Keys.
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144...
