Florida Keys

The Monroe County School District announced that two new principals would take over schools that are also their alma maters. It means that all three public high schools in the Florida Keys are run by educators who hold diplomas from the same schools they lead.

He had Ernest Hemingway for a neighbor, bought a Model T car with a New Deal job and served in the Pacific during World War II – but, as he hits another milestone birthday, one of Key West's oldest living Conchs doesn’t look a day over 90.

Two fishermen have been bitten by sharks in separate incidents less than 36 hours apart in the Florida Keys.

Acclaimed bestselling author Judy Blume on Wednesday was named an “honorary Conch” by elected officials in the Florida Keys, not just for being a long-term illustrious resident of Key West, but also for supporting local arts and fighting book censorship.

The new $42 million Islamorada water transmission line project is expected to be finished in 2025. Work will slow traffic on the busy Overseas Highway.

Funding from NOAA will help Sarasota's Mote Marine Laboratory restore 10 sites along Florida’s coral reef, just off of the Florida Keys.

A Florida Keys woman complained to the state that the popular Island House resort discriminates against cisgender women, trans and non-binary with its men-only policy.

In Monroe County, the growing number of drug overdose deaths — driven in part by the rise of fentanyl — are leading law enforcement to prosecute alleged drug dealers for murder to stem a deadly crisis.

Street performers at the popular Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square in Key West can juggle knives or defy gravity with acrobatic stunts — but since a tourist suffered a burn in January, they can’t use fire in their acts until further notice. A full-time fire spinner is grappling with the fire shutdown, while others fear for the popular show's future.

Five years after Hurricane Irma damaged Fort Jefferson, one of the park's most popular attractions, the National Park Service is moving foward with repairs.

Mallory Square is Key West's famous tourist spot for watching the sunset. The lead Florida Keys historian for the Monroe County Public Library system said it's not named for Stephen Mallory who was secretary of the Confederate Navy.

Some 114 Haitian migrants have made landfall in the Florida Keys, continuing an uptick of people making their way from Haiti and Cuba by sea, the U.S. Border Patrol say.