SCHOOLS ON TAP TO GET $20 MILLION IN FEDERAL AID
Just as many U.S. citizens have been receiving stimulus payments from the federal government throughout this pandemic, the Monroe County School District has received emergency relief funds...
CUBAN RACING PIGEONS BLOWN OFF COURSE; KEY WEST’S JIM HALE TO THE RESCUE
Jim Hale is doing his level best to catch as many racing pigeons as he can, but it’s slow going. Social media is alive with tales of...
FLORIDA KEYS SHERIFF USES DRUG MONEY TO BUY NEW SAFETY GEAR
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay recently made it easier for his deputies to serve, protect and save lives in more ways than one.
Ramsay spent about $130,000 of...
PLANS FOR NEW JOHNNY MORRIS RESORT ON CRAWL KEY UNVEILED
Marathon’s Planning Board voted 4-1 to deny Valhalla Resort, put forward by Johnny Morris Signature Resorts, to be developed on Crawl Key, or the Grassy Key stretch...
SHERIFF’S OFFICE CELEBRATES 911 PERSONNEL
This week is national public safety telecommunications week and during that week, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office will be recognizing the diligence and professionalism of the communications...
SCHOOLS SUPER: SOCIAL DISTANCING ‘HAS BECOME A PROBLEM’
At the April 27 Monroe County School District board meeting, Superintendent Theresa Axford announced that more than 100 Key West High School students have been quarantined in...
COUNTY LOOKS TO LIGHTEN COVID PROTOCOLS FOR SUMMER
A lot can happen in 411 days.
For example, during the April 21 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, emergency management director Shannon Weiner said that Monroe...
TALLAHASSEE ROUNDUP: LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDS FRIDAY
A 60-day legislative session in Tallahassee is nearing the end. While some bills related to election administration and social media are making progress, other pieces of legislation...
OXITEC TO BEGIN FLORIDA KEYS MOSQUITO EXPERIMENT THIS WEEK
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District and Oxitec Ltd. on April 23 released an advisory outlining some of the plans for its Florida Keys pilot project:
Project managers...
COMMISSIONER DELVES INTO LIBRARY PAYROLL
What began as a request for the Key Largo Library payroll from last year — when the COVID-19 pandemic began — quickly morphed into a bigger question...
