Last Stand Annual Meeting Features Photographer Mac Stone Last Stand will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, January 21st, at 6:00 pm, at The Studios …

LAND AUTHORITY GOVERNING BOARD SPECIAL MEETING TO SELECT NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR   Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, 3 p.m. Marathon Government Center 2798 Overseas Highway, Mile …

Horace O’Bryant School Teacher selected as Monroe County School District’s 2015 Teacher of the Year   Superintendent Mark T. Porter is pleased to announce HOB …

High court: Florida death penalty system is unconstitutional SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida’s unique system for sentencing people to death is unconstitutional …

Marathon City Council to discuss issues with Harbor Drive Boat Ramp BY TERRY SCHMIDA The ongoing problems associated with the Harbor Drive Boat Ramp were …

Local children’s projects may get entire BP oil money settlement BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Key West City officials are still debating what …

Letter To the Editor /Good People Versus Evil in Paradise By Nick Foster All it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to …

IMPROMPTU CONCERT—THOMAS PANDOLFI, JANUARY 10, 2016 The Impromptu Concerts, Key West’s distinguished chamber music series, opened its forty-fourth season on Sunday at St. Paul’s with …

If you think drones are a passing fad, better think again RYAN NAKASHIMA, AP Business Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — If you’re used to thinking …

Tropic Sprockets / Carol By Ian Brockway Todd Haynes (L.A. Confidential) directs this handsome and close-to-the-page adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel,  “Carol,” about a young …

Sales surtax, Heritage Trail money on County Commission agenda BY TERRY SCHMIDA The Board of County Commissioners will debate the levying of a new sales …

‘Emergency’ repair project criticized by city commissioners BY PRU SOWER KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER When Key West City Commissioners began debating whether to pay close …

Six presidential hopefuls take ‘Problem Solver Promise’ HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Six presidential hopefuls have found some common ground on the …

State of union in 2016: Strong job market, middling economy ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama delivers his final State of …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway Journey from Zanskar: a monk’s vow to children Fredrick Marx (Hoop Dreams) directs this sweeping, adventuresome and tense documentary of …

SCOTT & HEM / RESURRECTING TITANS Creating a believable and sympathetic character out of the fictional cloth of a script is an actor’s stock in …

Taxpayer grants to local non-profits under scrutiny BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Key West non-profit groups perhaps hoping to join the local organizations …

Key West Zonta Club Presents “Journey To Success” Workshop Provides Business Skills To Help Women Advance In Careers The Zonta Club of Key West presents …

US recruits tech leaders to help disrupt Islamic State group JULIE PACE, Associated Press JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — With extremists …

Short Answers / GOSSIP, PLAIN AND SIMPLE By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman Dear Short Answers: I have two reasonably good friends who have been …