Key West News

In this photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, staff and volunteers from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital release "Obama" the loggerhead sea turtle, at Higgs Beach in Key West, Fla., Saturday, July 4, 2009.

Neil Young once sang that it's better to burn out than to fade away. But the folks at American Royal Arts Corp.

Life with the Niki Barr Band is good. The band, playing at The Greene Turtle in Easton on Saturday, is chock-full of Glaceau Vitaminwater from an upcoming promotion, playing a weeklong gig at Margaritaville Cafe in Key West, Fla., in October and following that with a November ticket alongside the likes of Queensryche, Skid Row and Tesla on a cruise ...

A houseboat at Garrison Bight Marina partially sank and was resting against a neighboring houseboat for most of the day Tuesday.

Deadline: September 1, 2009 KEY WEST CRAFT SHOW Key West, FL January 30-31, 2010 The Key West Craft Show is a two day juried outdoor craft festival.

To coincide with the start of the summer driving season, CITGO Petroleum kicked off its 2009 consumer advertising campaign this month.

Best On Key West, has announced a fireworks and dinner cruise for 4th of July in Key West, Florida.

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is among a group of congressional leaders who want to name the federal courthouse on Simonton Street in Key West the Sidney M. Aronovitz United States Courthouse.

David Parker is no stranger to the Keys.The owner of David Parker's Lawn Service is a 1988 graduate of Key West High School, and worked for nine years at Mount Trashmore, formally known as Key West's waste transfer station.Now he works for AT&T but has also expanded out, opening up his own lawn service.Parker does maintenance on both lawns and pea ...

AAA seems to have a quirky way of dealing with Marco Island in its a oeVisit Floridaa online promotions.

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The Department of Environmental Protection will spend $19 million over the next two years on trails throughout the Florida Keys.

The seat on the dais between Key West City Commissioners Bill Verge and Barry Gibson will be empty next month after the resignation of Commissioner Dan Kolhage.

Coast Guard Station Sand Key is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony Friday at 10 a.m. Chief Warrant Officer Randal L. Ryan, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Sand Key, will be relinquishing command to Chief Warrant Officer Morgan B. Dudley during a time-honored military tradition, which transfers total responsibility, authority ...

Chef Kermit has been running the Key Lime Pie racket in Key West for 17 years. He is a master of self promotion and after he's done baking pies, which he does every morning from about 6 to 9 am, he does a comedy schtick outside his shop for the tour busses that pass by.

Ernest Hemingway is one of the most prolific and beloved American authors of all time.

Highway fatalities through the end of May were down 50 percent from last year, though the reason remains unclear, according to local law enforcement and rescue officers.

If I were giving awards for the most luxuriously landscaped country inn in Florida, I'd have to hand the biggest blue ribbon to the Gardens Hotel in Key West.

Summer is the time to drive down to Key West. It's empty now, the streets and beaches quiet.

An 18-year-old Marathon man is facing 21 counts of having sex with underage girls after a monthslong investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.