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Lots of people have trouble figuring out what to do on New Year's Eve every year. Not Gary Marion of Key West — better known to the wider world as the…

None of the 200 million gallons of oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident washed ashore in the Florida Keys.But because it has shoreline on the Gulf…

The week between Christmas and New Year's is traditionally the beginning of the busiest part of the tourist season. And despite warm temperatures up…

This year, 78 people will be memorialized at two services marking Homeless Persons' Memorial Day in the Florida Keys.That's up from 54 last year.…

Since the Card Sound Road tollbooth opened in 1969, the toll has remained the same: 50 cents an axle, cash only.But change may be coming to the booth at…

Patrick Garvey was working for the state Department of Children and Families four years ago when he got a grant from Volunteer Florida to create an edible…

David Guggenheim fell in love with scuba diving and coral reefs in the 1970s when he attended a marine science camp in the Florida Keys. But over a career…

The Ragnar Relay will not return to the Overseas Highway in February.This week, Monroe County commissioners rejected a permit request for the third time.…

When the Interfaith Ministerial Alliance of the Key West and Lower Keys met Tuesday, the group's agenda included a resolution renouncing discrimination…

An international, but temporary, art installation is taking shape on the shore of Key West.The International Sand Art competition winds up Saturday, with…

Key West's lighthouse was decommissioned back in 1969. But it recently got a thorough restoration, from the railings around the top to the paint on the…

Fifty-seven species of fish and wildlife are so rare or face such threats that they are considered "imperiled" by the state of Florida.Now the state has…