Key West

The state is giving Florida cities and counties 98 grants totaling almost $20 million to local governments to plan for sea level rise and flooding adaptation. The single largest grant — just over $900,000 — went to the city of Key West.

Skyrocketing housing costs are pushing the Monroe County school board to once again consider getting into the landlord business. Officials are reviewing a plan to build 76 affordable housing units on district land.

Commissioners say they want a contract with organizers that would get rid of "fantasy zones" where being topless is allowed — if you're wearing body paint.

Miami Beach’s handling of Spring Break has led to concerns about over-policing in largely Black crowds. Ultra Music Festival welcomes back Afrobeta. Plus, there’s a lost time capsule from 1972 somewhere in Key West.

Key West will celebrate its bicentennial with a time capsule. But locals are learning that an earlier capsule marking the island's 150th anniversary is AWOL.

The crew from the USS Shark raised the American flag over Key West for the first time on March 25, 1822. Now the ship's logbook is part of local historic archives.

A new state law aimed at preventing derelict vessels will require boats anchored offshore in the Keys to move at least every 90 days. Boaters say that will make them less safe. They also want more training and sheltering options during rough weather.

Opioid overdoses have been a major problem in the U.S. and Florida for years. The newer synthetic opioid fentanyl is even more dangerous. And that danger has reached the Florida Keys, where health workers are trying to distribute overdose kits as widely as they can.

The city of Key West has another possible plan to limit cruise ship traffic to its port. Voters approved limits in 2020, but they were overturned last year by the state Legislature.

A bill in the Florida Legislature would bring a 90-day anchoring limit in the Keys closer by reducing the number of new moorings near Key West from 250 to 100 before it can take effect.

Coffee Butler was one of Key West's favorite entertainers, so beloved the city named its new waterfront amphitheater in his honor.

FIU’s president resigns amid harassment accusations and his struggles to take care of his wife, with dementia. Rents are climbing with no end in sight. And the debate over key lime pie and strawberry shortcake, which should represent Florida?