LETTER TO THE EDITOR A Recipe for Corruption To The Editor: How do you create a delicious dish, served to special interests?  Start with a …

Next Astronauts? Your Own Kids! SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Launching a campaign for his debut non-fiction space careers book, “The Astronaut Instruction Manual for Pre-Teens”, on …

Key West Kitchen Homemade Pizza – Easy as Pie! BY KERRY SHELBY Often we fall under the spell of believing that some foods are only …

Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman  HOSTING 101 Dear Short Answers: If you are having a party and you know for certain that …

City cancels BV TIF grants for fiscal 2015 BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Calling it “kind of critical,” Key West City Planner Don …

BUSINESS LAW 101 More on Agency BY ALBERT L. KELLEY When a person has made another his agent, the agency ends upon the death of …

PHOTO/C.S. Gilbert Panelist Kirsten Clanton addresses the crowd at the Searching Out Solutions forum on homelessness. SEARCHING OUT SOLUTIONS Criminalization of homeless is costly, doesn’t …

New residential construction to be allowed for first time in 20 years BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Despite the often frantic pace of …

Gay marriage case sent to Florida Supreme Court By DARA KAM NEWS SERVICE FLORIDA Florida’s ban on gay marriage is now in the hands of …

Stinky beach may have to stay that way BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Living across the street from the beach is not always, …

Grand Jury finds officers’ acts ‘appropriate,’ but offers concerns in arrest, death of Eimers BY RALPH MORROW MANAGING EDITOR After hearing from some 32 witnesses …

The Chorale as Phoenix: First credit/noncredit class deemed ‘amazing’ By C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER It was with a certain trepidation that I, a …

Mayor Cates wins reelection Slaton out of judicial runoff   BY MARK HOWELL KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   The results are in for a Primary …

CULTURE VULTURE History one apparently never learns at school, Part IV Women, Academics and Politics Today BY C.S. GILBERT As installment III ended, on June …

Couple seeks financial help for legal costs SEAN KINNEY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER A Key West couple hoping to overturn Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage …

Southernmost Marathon to combine racing challenge, Key West sights SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE The Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico shores and scenic streets of …

PHOTO/Andy Newman, Florida Keys News Bureau Diana Nyad comes up out of the water and onto Smathers Beach after her successful swim from Havana to …

In Review Eastman students wow at St. Paul’s: A conversation BY C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER I am the last person to be competent …

Fantasy Fest King, Queen Events Wednesday, Aug. 27, 8 -11 p.m. – 70’s Sitcom Night at The Key West Pub, 1114 Duval St. “Come ‘a …

Geraldine Street reconstruction gets OK – at a price BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Follow the money. That’s what Key West City Commissioners …