As of Jan. 1, vessel owners anchoring in Florida waters for 14 days or more within any 30-day period are now required to obtain a no-cost electronic long-term anchoring permit from the Florida Fish ...

What started as a shared love of the Florida Keys is now a story the whole country is about to discover. “Renovation Island: The Adventure Continues,” a new six-episode series premiering Sunday, June ...

This past weekend, the Rotary Club of Marathon and German foreign exchange student Ilaria Emmanouilidilis exclaimed “ciao” as she wrapped up her year at Marathon High School. Funded in part by the ...

Key West Gallery will exhibit a selection of hand-signed, hand-colored etchings by the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. Each piece comes from the Argillet Collection, widely regarded as one of ...

The wind hasn’t been doing us any favors lately, but the boats picking their windows are getting into some solid action across the board. On the reef, it’s been yellowtail city. Limits have been the ...

Monroe County Fire Rescue (MCFR) will host five “Beat the Heat” events this summer at different locations throughout the Florida Keys. MCFR will provide a gentle misting stream of water for children ...

On April 25, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers arrested Aramis Valdes Chinique, 38, Ernesto Hernandez, 55, and Ernesto Leon Lopez, 37, all of Key West. Each was charged ...

Native Taxi’s new owner, Jamie Rider, poses with one of his transit vans. The four-vehicle company takes pride in beating the rates of several rideshare companies for local service throughout the Keys ...

The Marathon High School Class of 2026 took one last stroll through the halls that helped raise them on May 22, visiting the classrooms of Stanley Switlik Elementary School and high-fiving a parade of ...

Somerset Island Prep charter high school held its seventh annual water-based graduation on May 22 off Ocean Key Resort. Wearing life jackets under their graduation gowns, students throttled personal ...

Jeremiah Johnson, 45, of Marathon was sentenced on May 14 to four years in state prison followed by four years of probation after pleading no contest to manslaughter by culpable negligence and the ...

June ushers in the kaleidoscopic Key West Pride, one of the most popular Pride events in the country. With the 2026 theme “Color the Island: A Celebration of Identity Through Color & Creativity,” Key ...