Kristen Rivera

Kristen Rivera and Didier Miles were two young Miami-Dade County waiters who came to Islamorada for the annual end-of-season bash for South Florida restaurant industry workers.

But Rivera, 22, never made it out of the Keys alive, and Miles, 24, was flown to Ryder Trauma Center in Miami-Dade in serious condition after they got into a head-on collision with a taxi early Monday evening.

Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:00 PM EDT

The Marathon City Council on Tuesday approved taxi regulation that is less onerous than originally presented and should help ensure cab customers are hitching rides with reputable companies.

Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:10 AM EDT

A kennel-cough outbreak that's kept the Marathon animal shelter under quarantine for almost a month is on the verge of being lifted, interim Director Cora Baggs says.

Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:30 AM EDT

Sewer-system stations installed along Florida Keys roads could be prettier, Monroe County commissioners agreed Wednesday.

Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT

National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb will talk about new forecasting tools.

National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb is the scheduled keynote speaker at an annual Keys hurricane preparedness workshop for the tourism industry set to begin at 1 p.m. May 21 at the Doubletree Grand Key Resort in Key West.

Entering his second tropical cyclone season as the nation's top hurricane warning official, Knabb plans to provide the hurricane center's 2013 forecast overview.

Posted - Thursday, May 16, 2013 01:35 PM EDT

A female crocodile that set up house in front of a Lower Matecumbe Key home last month was found dead in the mangroves near where she was removed by state wildlife officers.

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 01:07 PM EDT

The closure of stone-crab season today may be barely noticed by the Florida Keys commercial fleet.

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:27 AM EDT

The decade-long quest to build an assisted- and independent-living facility on the Truman Waterfront in Key West could come to an end if a June 28 deadline is not met -- and it looks like it won't be.

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:25 AM EDT

Landscaping planted to brighten the appearance at Duck Key wastewater stations has run afoul of Monroe County rules, but residents hope a pledge to maintain the sites may keep the plants flowering.

A fuss over flowers festooning Duck Key's visible sewer stations should be resolved peaceably today, a community leader says.

"Those lift stations are not the prettiest things," said David Williamson, president of the Duck Key Property Owners Association. "We're just trying to screen them to soften the view."

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:22 AM EDT

A rule change could allow residents of some environmentally sensitive areas to connect to utility systems, a consultant reports to the Monroe County Commission today in Key Largo.

Posted - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 09:13 AM EDT