Tag: Monroe County
Expressing support for checkpoint continuation, mayors pen letter to DeSantis
While the Keys begin to open up parks, beaches and business to locals, area leaders are maintaining two checkpoints in Key Largo as a...
County reluctantly agrees to pay $1.5M in overtime
County commissioners on Thursday, April 30, reluctantly agreed to pay $1.5 million for 29,000 overtime hours that county workers accrued between March 15 and...
Monroe County roads department, public works and facilities supplement checkpoint to keep it going
Monroe County Roads Department, Public Works and Facilities Maintenance have been supplementing Monroe County Sheriff’s Office at the two checkpoints on U.S. 1 and...
COVID-19 overtime requests could break county budget
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the initial paid leave for furloughed workers.
Monroe County officials were looking to save $733,000 over...
Rumor Control: the Keys are still closed
The Florida Keys are still closed to visitors and will be throughout May, county spokeswoman Kristen Livengood said late April 27. Despite miscommunications otherwise...
Monroe has the highest rate of employees asking for assistance in Florida
About 8.4% of Monroe County is unemployed. According to the state of Florida, there have been 3,936 claims filed by the 46,755 people employed...
Health Department doing once-a-day updates
Updates to the Florida Health Department’s COVID-19 data and surveillance dashboard and full state report will now be issued once a day, state officials...
Contractors and construction workers are on the job
The highways are a little empty and schools are closed, but construction projects in the Middle Keys are in full swing and going up...
How do we reopen the Keys?
The Weekly Newspapers wanted to know how people in our island communities envision the process of reopening of the Florida Keys to both locals...
County eyes phase-in plan for reopening
Just a day after county officials urged caution over a reopening, the Monroe County Tourist Development Council announced on April 21 that officials are...
