Christina Oxenberg for Local Observation / THE VIEW Frankly I’m a little insulted. I spent five years up a hill in the rebel stronghold mountains …

MONROE COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS HOSTING 14 PLANT CLINICS THIS SUMMER The Monroe County Master Gardeners are holding 14 plant clinics at three locations this summer …

INTERFAITH MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE CALLS FOR PUBLIC WITNESS ON CHILD-SEPARATING Members of the Interfaith Ministerial Alliance of Key West have issued a Statement of Faith rejecting …

Key West’ Historic Seaport garners the Meritorious Achievement Award for Organizational Achievement during the 40th Annual Florida Trust 2018 Florida Preservation Conference. The City of …

Trump announces plans for Pentagon to create ‘Space Force’ By LOLITA C. BALDOR, KEN THOMAS and MARCIA DUNN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald …

Supreme Court sides with Florida man in free speech case By JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who has been an outspoken …

Tropic Sprockets / The Rider Chloe Zhao (Songs My Brother Taught Me) directs the very affecting docudrama “The Rider,” about a Lakota Indian rodeo rider …

TRAFFIC ALERT: Fourth of July expected to be busy   With all kinds of special events planned for the Fourth of July holiday countywide, the …

Last-ditch effort to dump new cistern building requirement fails BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Despite President Trump’s assertation that climate change does not …

Letter to the Editor / ZERO TOLERANCE Roger C. Kostmayer For the last 17 years two presidents, one Republican one Democrat, established immigration enforcement policies …

KONK Life Presents the second Candidate’s Questionnaire for Walter Drabinski Key West Utility Board Member Seat D The Konk Life Candidate Questionnaire: 15 questions of …

Parkland students, activists registering voters in Chicago By BRIAN SLODYSKO and ANNIE RICE CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago anti-violence activists and a group of Florida high …

Trump adviser says ‘nobody likes’ family separation policy By JILL COLVIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House adviser on Sunday distanced the …

Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway  / On Chesil Beach Theater director and playwright Dominic Cooke helms an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novella, On Chesil Beach. …

Bahama Village Community Center plans get first airing BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Members of the Bahama Village Redevelopment Advisory Committee (BVRAC) recently …

KONK Life Presents the first on this year’s Candidates Questionnaire Beth Ramsay-Vickrey for Key West Utility Board, Seat D   Q.  In 20 words or less, …

Mel Fisher Days to Celebrate Key West Shipwreck Salvager July 12-14  Adventure lovers can celebrate the late Mel Fisher, who sought and salvaged the shipwrecked …

MONROE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2018 FSA AND EOC RESULTS SHOW IMPROVMENTS IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS   The Florida Department of Education released raw data from …

Business Law 101 / Hiring By Albert L. Kelley, Esq. There are numerous ways for a business to find employees. They can put ads in …

Immigrants fleeing gangs prefer taking chance for US asylum By ELLIOT SPAGAT and ANITA SNOW, Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The MS-13 gang made …