Key West News

KEY WEST, Fla. , May 30, 2012 - The interdiction of a drug-trafficking speedboat carrying almost 5,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of more than $363 million played out like a motion-picture thriller.

Citing a Key West lawsuit, the Palm Beach County School District has stopped paying about $550,000 in annual fees to five cities to handle stormwater runoff from its school campuses."We cannot in good conscience continue to pay charges for which the school district has no legal obligation to pay," School District General Counsel Sheryl Wood wrote ... (more)

Developers under contract to buy the Peary Court property yanked their development plan off the table Tuesday night as Key West city commissioners appeared to be setting a 30 percent affordable housing standard as mandatory.

Summer tennis lessons will be offered for youths ages 5-16 at the Bayview Park courts in Key West, beginning on June 9. Classes will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings.

To many, especially those captivated by Nicole Kidman's performance in HBO's two hour epic last night, Martha Gellhorn is best known as Ernest Hemingway's third wife.

Two Roman-era shipwrecks have been found in deep water off a western Greek island, challenging the conventional theory that ancient shipmasters stuck to coastal routes rather than risking the open sea, an official said Tuesday.

It's a pristine spring morning on the remote tip of Big Pine Key, 30 miles north of Key West.

A Disney cruise liner stopped to rescue four men signaling for help near Key West, Fla., a spokeswoman for the company said Tuesday.

In the north, as temperatures rise above the 70s and all is green and lush again, it's time for the season's first picnic.

A homeless, alleged drug dealer tried to sell to the wrong people, who flagged down a police officer instead of buying pot early Wednesday, according to a Key West police incident report.

In August 2009, a 34-year-old woman from Rochester, New York, went to her doctor complaining of flulike symptoms.

Martha Gellhorn was Ernest Hemingway's third wife. She had already published a book of reportage when they met, in 1936, and would become a celebrated foreign correspondent.

Allen Barra loves the HBO movie about Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn's short, stormy relationship as directed by the unique director, Philip Kaufman.

Vacationer's come to Florida for a variety of reasons whether it's for the beaches on the Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico, fishing charters, snorkeling in Key West, taking an airboat ride through the Everglades or spending the day at a top theme park.

Now in its 5th year, the Key West Pride Film Festival at Tropic Cinema has been sponsored and programmed by the Education department at AIDS Help since its inception.

Should the compensation paid to Hedge Fund managers continue to be taxed as capital gains, or should it be taxed as earned income at normal tax rates? The partners of the Be Floridian fertilizer education campaign remind Sarasota and Manatee County residents they cannot apply nitrogen or phosphorus to their lawn or plants during the summer season.

Authorities say a small plane has crashed near a municipal airport in southern Utah, killing all four people on board.

Another finalist to be Key West's next city manager has dropped out of the running, further winnowing options the City Commission has when it chooses a manager June 4.Ed Green, formerly manager of Garfield County, Colo., on Thursday withdrew from the Key West process after landing a job as village manager in North Palm Beach.

It's a pristine spring morning on the remote tip of Big Pine Key, 30 miles north of Key West.

Clerk of the Courts candidate Kevin Madok hosts his Key West kickoff party from 5 to 7 tonight at the New York Pasta Garden, in Duval Square, 1075 Duval St.