GOVERNOR’S BUDGET PROPOSAL INCLUDES SOME CRITICAL FUNDS FOR THE FLORIDA KEYS
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped away from the presidential campaign trail and sent a $114.4 billion spending proposal to leaders in the House and Senate on Dec....
A NATIONWIDE RECRUITMENT SHORTAGE FOR THE COAST GUARD HITS CLOSE TO HOME
As a wicked storm carved its way through the Upper Keys last month, U.S. Coast Guard Station Islamorada received a call for help. It was around 8...
END OF THE ‘GOLDEN ROAD’: COUPLE COMPLETES 3,000-MILE WALK FROM MAINE TO KEY WEST
Seven and a half months ago, Matt and Grace Grooms touched their feet to the ground in Calais, Maine. On Monday, those same feet reached Key West’s...
HIGH-SPEED CHASE ZOOMS PAST MARATHON RUNNERS IN ISLAMORADA
Runners in last Sunday’s annual Islamorada 10k and half marathon set out from La Siesta Resort & Villas on a scenic course, witnessing picturesque views of a...
KEYS COUPLE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO JAN. 6 RIOT CHARGES
A Marathon couple arrested in August in relation to their participation in the Jan. 6 riots at the US Capitol recently pleaded not guilty to federal charges.
Bryan...
FIERY CRASH ON US 1 KILLS POPULAR SOUTH FLORIDA TRUCK DRIVER. ‘HE WAS A...
Monroe County Fire Rescue works to extinguish a burning semi-trailer truck after a fatl crash Dec. 5, 2023, on U.S. 1 at mile marker 21. MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE/contributed
COMMODORES COME TOGETHER TO CAP OFF UPPER KEYS SAILING CLUB’S 50TH YEAR
Perhaps former Upper Keys Sailing Club Commodore Pat McLaughlin said it best: “This place is family, it’s tradition, it’s important.”
On Nov. 18, the Upper Keys Sailing Club...
MILLIONS IN LAWSUITS UNDERSCORE KEYS EVACUATION MODEL WEBINARS
By Alex Rickert, Jim McCarthy & Gwen Filosa
At a time when the Florida Keys are grappling with frequent neighborhood flooding and aging bridges, the Florida Department of...
I.CARE’S MIKE GOLDBERG IS A CNN HERO OF THE YEAR FINALIST; HERE’S HOW TO...
What would you do with $100,000?
If you’re Mike Goldberg, a hometown hero in the coral restoration world and newly-minted Top 10 CNN Hero, you’d plant a lot...
STATE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE SAYS ‘NO’ TO CIRCUIT COURT CONSOLIDATION
A state committee is preparing to recommend no mergers or consolidations of Florida’s 20 judicial circuits to the state Supreme Court and the Florida Legislature. The decision...
