Keys guide Dave Denkert points out where an eastern access route would help boaters enter a pole-or-troll zone in Snake Bight in north Florida Bay.
A prototype pole-or-troll zone planned for north Florida Bay might be better as a pole-only zone, say some fishing guides.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:01 AM EST
Monroe County's Area of Critical State Concern designation -- which entails state oversight of nearly all development in the Keys -- isn't going anywhere.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:00 AM EST
Key West city commissioners next Tuesday are set to adopt a template franchise ordinance governing sightseeing operators, and could even give a preliminary nod for Boston-based City View Trolleys to set up shop.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:02 AM EST
Ginger Snead takes the mayoral seat on the dais. She's the first female mayor in Marathon's 10 years.
Marathon has its first female mayor, as fellow City Council members unanimously selected Ginger Snead for the position Tuesday.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:02 AM EST
Survey results are back from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's dengue research center in Puerto Rico and, out of 240 Old Town Key West residents that gave blood for testing, 99 tested positive for dengue fever or the associated antibodies.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:01 AM EST
A federal proposal to shut down deepwater bottom fishing to protect overfished grouper species drew fire from South Florida anglers at a Tuesday hearing in Key Largo.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:01 AM EST
This is Orion Bank in Marathon -- now IberiaBank. This is where the original First National Bank of the Florida Keys was founded.
Federal regulators on Friday ordered Orion Bank to take immediate action that includes firing Jerry Williams, the bank's founder, chairman, president and chief executive officer.
Posted - Friday, November 13, 2009 06:47 PM EST
Candidates have filed to run for all five Islamorada Village Council seats up for election in March 2010, and the field so far includes four incumbents, a former mayor and three past candidates.
Posted - Friday, November 13, 2009 10:00 AM EST
Police are investigating the recent theft of three large, twin-engine boats — two of which were found days later — in the span of just a few days in Islamorada.
Posted - Friday, November 13, 2009 10:00 AM EST
The Monroe County Health Department began vaccinating Keys students and schools staff earlier this month for the H1N1 virus, or swine flu.
Posted - Friday, November 13, 2009 09:12 AM EST
