DERBY REMOVES RECORD NUMBER OF INVASIVE LIONFISH FROM FLORIDA KEYS WATERS
The Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) closed its 17th annual Florida Keys Lionfish Derby & Arts Festival with a record-breaking 2,480 invasive lionfish removed...
A KEY LARGO ROAD ELEVATION PROJECT FACES HURDLES
A Key Largo neighborhood plagued by tidal flooding could get some relief, if a road elevation and drainage project gets the easements needed from...
ISLAMORADA RESIDENT JOINS WILDLIFE ALERT ASSOCIATION BOARD
Islamorada resident Alexis Alba was recently appointed to the Florida Wildlife Alert Reward Association board.
A businessman and hospitality executive, Alba was recommended to fill...
ISLAMORADA VILLAGE COUNCILWOMAN GILLIS FILES FOR REELECTION
On April 15, longtime resident, hotel owner and current councilwoman Deb Gillis filed her paperwork for reelection to Islamorada seat 3 in the November...
STATE PARK’S $52 MILLION ATTRACTION REIMAGINES EXPLORATION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
A new $52.5 million attraction is coming to Key Largo’s John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park with the reimaging of the existing visitor center,...
NEW ZONE AIMS TO SLOW BOATS THROUGH STARCKS WHEEL DITCH OFF ISLAMORADA
Years of work to bring added safety to a narrow channel — which many boats traverse as a shortcut off Lower Matecumbe — came...
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY HELPS IDENTIFY HUMAN REMAINS IN DECADES-OLD KEY LARGO CASE
A man found dead in the northern part of Key Largo nearly four decades ago was recently identified with the help of advanced genetic...
KEEPING THEM FLYING: REHABILITATED KEY LARGO OSPREY RETURNED TO ITS FAMILY
To see the positive impact the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center has on the Upper Keys community, you need only witness the rescue and...
ANNUAL UPPER KEYS EARTH DAY CELEBRATION BRINGS TOGETHER FAITH AND SCIENCE
We have one planet, one shared home – and we’re all on it together.
In the Keys, life, survival and the challenges of living on...
SECURITY GUARD ACCUSED OF POINTING HANDGUN AT MAN FISHING FROM ISLAMORADA DOCK
A 49-year-old Homestead man working as a security guard was arrested on April 4 after he allegedly pointed a handgun at a man fishing...
