Marathon News

Food, fun and fireworks are on tap in the Florida Keys during the July 4 holiday.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Bill, sponsored by Congressman Joe Garcia, D-South Florida, that calls for greater transparency of companies that partner with the military on housing projects.

Today is the day that the contestants are to be selected for The Marathon Games TV Reality Show .

Declining graduation rates in the Monroe County School District the past two years are in line with a decline in the number of graduates and the result of demographic shifts, district staff says.Numbers maintained by the state Department of Education peg the 2010-11 countywide high-school graduation rate at 66.4 percent and the 2011-12 rate at 68.6 ... (more)

High-school seniors throughout the Florida Keys are finishing their final exams today with an eye toward the crowning achievement of their scholastic careers: Commencement.The Monroe County School District expects to hand out diplomas to 487 students Keyswide: 260 from Key West High School, 63 from Marathon High School and 164 from Coral Shores ... (more)

Soon-to-be former Naval Air Station Key West Commander Capt. Patrick Lefere is officially an employee of the Monroe County School District.

A juvenile endangered loggerhead sea turtle treated at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, has been released to the wild, reported the Miami Herald on May 25.

Monroe County Sheriff's officials say 70-year-old James Gogan was found floating in the water near a boat he had been working on.

Consulting firm Weiler Engineering Corporation was selected by the American Public Works Association for the National Public Works "Project of the Year" for environmental projects over $75 million for the City of Marathon Sewer, Stormwater, Reclaimed Water and Road Rehabilitation project in Marathon, Fla.