Key Largo News

Monroe County Commissioner Heather Carruthers on Friday said she's running for a second four-year term this year.

A survey of epibenthic prosobranch gastropods was undertaken in both seagrass and hard substratum habitats on opposite sides of the Florida Keys to compare faunal differences attributable to differences in the above two habitats and environments.

The state on Wednesday approved a new boating safety zone in Monroe County, whose commissioners must support it via a resolution to be enacted.

An Italian Feast of St. Valentine is to be celebrated Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12, at the Key Largo Civic Club, mile marker 99 oceanside, and everyone is invited.

A colorful series of 4-by-5-foot angelfish created by local artists adorns various Key Largo venues as part of a public arts initiative sponsored by the Key Largo Chamber of Commerce.

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- A tropical disturbance passing through the Florida Straits is not likely to develop into a tropical or subtropical system.

Twenty-seven stand-up paddlers began day 1 of the Bogie & Bacall Classic paddle races yesterday.

Two women reported paying money to rent a home at 106 Coastal Drive in Key Largo in two separate cases, according to a Monroe County Sheriff's Office press release.

A three-judge state appeals panel last week reversed the 2010 jury convictions of a former Key Largo elected official and his son on felony lobster trap tampering charges and ruled both men deserve a new trial.The Third District Court of Appeal ruled on Jan.

A two-day paddlefest attracting single and double kayaks, canoes and standup paddle boards is set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb.

It was spring 1973, when hitchhiking was common practice for young people with somewhere to go and no car to drive there.

Forget the fantasy of Disney World, or the Gulf Coast waves falling soft upon the shore, or the glamour of Worth Avenue.

Patricia Reeves hasn't been on a single diving expedition since an October 2009 outing in Key Largo, Fla.

The final charge against a man who shot an attacker in self-defense five years ago in Key Largo was dismissed Thursday.Jorge Correa, 44, walked away from the Plantation Key Courthouse a free man after Monroe County Circuit Judge Luis Garcia granted a direct acquittal."We're relieved that after five years, we finally have our lives back," said Dora ... (more)

Amy Slate's Amoray Dive Resort in Key Largo is offering a special room rate of $119 per night this weekend in conjunction with the Key Largo Stone Crab & Seafood.

You are in an accident. They decide you need to be airlifted to the hospital. The good news is, you can get a helicopter, but what happens if your insurance does not cover the ride? Are you responsible for the emergency airlift? It's why one woman called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.

Historian Seth Bramson will present this week's lecture in the Friends of the Key West Library series, at 6 p.m. this evening at The Studios of Key West, 600 White St.

All northbound lanes of U.S. 1 near mile marker 102 in Key Largo were blocked Sunday night due to a traffic crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Boats in the Key West Harbor, Cow Key Channel, Boca Chica Bay and Sunset Cove should be subject to new rules that encourage sewage pump-out and discourage vessel abandonment, the Monroe County Commission agreed Thursday, in a reversal of previous rhetoric on the matter.

Migrant smugglers who abandoned a large boat Friday at the isolated Newfound Harbor Keys may have stolen a flats boat to make their getaway on Saturday.