Key Largo News

Higher tourism revenues likely will mean more money for local parks and beaches, say budget projections from the Monroe County Tourist Development Council.The portion of ed taxes paid on motel rooms and short-term rentals that is allocated to regional districts for capital improvements apparently will reflect an improvement in occupancy and daily ... (more)

Remembered for his lone Top Ten single, "Key Largo," a soft rock fantasy about living in a Humphrey Bogart film, Bertie Higgins was a professional musician who made the leap to solo performing in the early '80s. His 1982 debut, Just Another Day in Paradise, was actually a comeback of sorts -- it was... MORE

Despite a request from the Florida Keys for help with an expanding population of crocodiles, the state says relocating the reptiles won't work.

From clichA© to chic, a weekend getaway in Key West and Miami Beach mixes it up like a colorful cocktail.

More than 250 chickens - allegedly used for cockfighting - were seized on Rockland Key on Thursday when authorities served warrants on two properties during a drug investigation.

A sweet-natured cat living as part of Theater of the Sea's resident colony has died after being shot with a pellet from a high-powered air gun.

Jurors Wednesday found a Key Largo man guilty of felony animal cruelty related to an incident almost two years ago that left an 8-month-old dog severely injured and fighting for its life.Prosecutors say Noah Mitchell, 35, savagely beat his Labrador retriever, Bubba, during a barbecue on Oct.

On July 21st, 2012 Key Largo Bike and Adventure Tours will be hosting it's 1st Annual Hemingway Century and 5K Tour.

The 510-foot retired U.S. Navy ship Spiegel Grove - resting 130 feet deep about 6 miles off Key Largo - is no longer the largest vessel deliberately sunk to create an artificial reef.

Some advice: If you're running a marijuana grow house, it's never a good idea to invite the cops in -- especially if you're cutting up your plants in the wide open.

The Florida Keys Concert Association is extending its 2013 "early bird" season ticket price until May 31.

It was a story that could have been scripted for a major motion picture, but few writers could have conceived the plot that began with the May 17, 2002, premature sinking of the Spiegel Grove in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

Michael Reckwerdt, mayor of Islamorada, said he's concerned about the safety of children and pets and wants the state to remove large crocodiles from areas frequented by people, the Miami Herald reported.

Divers marked the 10th anniversary of the conversion of a retired Navy ship into an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Wednesday, heading down to the Spiegel Grove to place the ashes of one of its most ardent admirers.

Journalist Ben Hellwarth is the author of the new book SEALAB: America's Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor .

Annette Robertson explores a portion of the artificial reef Spiegel Grove in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, off Key Largo, Fl.

The trial of a Key Largo man accused of severely beating his dog two years ago is expected to get under way next week.

The Spiegel Grove, the third largest ship in the world ever scuttled to become an artificial reef is a decade old.

As of today, Tuesday 5/01, the daytime programming for KQED Life has returned to its own independent scheduling.

It didn't take long for Monroe County to react to the Utility Board of Key West's Wednesday approval of two contracts to run commercial power lines to No Name Key by summer's end.On May 16, Chief Assistant County Attorney Bob Shillinger will ask the County Commission, meeting in Key Largo, to sue Lower Keys utility Keys Energy Services in an effort ... (more)