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Intoxicated man charged with misusing 911 An intoxicated man was arrested for misuse of the 911 emergency system Wednesday night after he was warned repeatedly not to …

PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT COMPLETED FOR UNINCORPORATED MONROE COUNTY MONROE COUNTY, FL – Monroe County has completed a Preliminary Damage Assessment of residential structures in unincorporated Monroe …

Sexual Predator notification As required by Florida law, the Sheriff’s Office is making a public notification of a new address for a sexual predator living …

HURRICANE DEBRIS REMOVAL REACHES NEARLY 400,000 CUBIC YARDS IN UNINCORPORATED MONROE COUNTY, LAYTON AND KEY COLONY BEACH MONROE COUNTY, FL – Progress continues for the free …

Looking for the owner of recovered fishing equipment Sheriff’s Deputy Ken Fricke is looking for help finding the owner of some recovered fishing equipment. He …

MONROE COUNTY BUILDING INSPECTORS EVALUATING HURRICANE IRMA DAMAGE OF STRUCTURES AND PLACING COLORED PLACARDS TO INDICATE LEVEL OF DISTRUCTION MONROE COUNTY, FL – As hurricane Irma …

Key West storm debris removal takes on epic proportions BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Those piles of landscaping debris at the curb on …

Woman arrested for drunk driving after fleeing deputies A Marathon woman, driving while intoxicated, refused to stop for deputies. They had to spike her tires …

UPDATE ON MONROE COUNTY’S PARKS, BOAT RAMPS AND MUSEUMS DAMAGED BY HURRICANE IRMA Most of Monroe County’s parks, boat ramps and museums from Key Largo …

MORE THAN 160,000 CUBIC YARDS OF HURRICANE DEBRIS HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN UNINCORPORATED MONROE COUNTY AND CITIES OF LAYTON AND KEY COLONY BEACH – AND …

Locals create multi-state Irma disaster relief effort BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   “It just snowballed.” This is how former Key West resident …

MORE THAN 160,000 CUBIC YARDS OF HURRICANE DEBRIS HAS BEEN COLLECTED IN UNINCORPORATED MONROE COUNTY AND CITIES OF LAYTON AND KEY COLONY BEACH – AND …

REQUIREMENTS FOR PLACING A RECREATION VEHICLE (RV) or TRAVEL TRAILER NEXT TO YOUR UNINHABITABLE HOME Due to State of Emergency of Hurricane Irma, temporary emergency housing …

UPDATE ON MONROE COUNTY’S PARKS, BOAT RAMPS AND MUSEUMS DAMAGED BY HURRICANE IRMA Most of Monroe County’s parks, boat ramps and museums from Key Largo …

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary enlists public’s help in post-hurricane survey As the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary strives to assess impacts from Hurricane Irma, …

MONROE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO ACCEPT DONATIONS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT FAMILIES MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – Monroe County School District officials have activated a Hurricane Relief Fund …

A BONDING ROAD TRIP FOR THE KIDS AND STAFF OF THE FLORIDA KEYS CHILDREN’S SHELTER FLORIDA KEYS – As we locals look to rebuild stronger …

Fire Prevention Week Key West Mayor Craig Cates and Commissioner Billy Wardlow, during this week’s City Commission meeting, proclaimed October 8-14 Fire Prevention Week. The City is …

GENERATORS AND MINI-FRIDGES AVAILABLE FROM HABITAT Habitat for Humanity has GENERATORS and MINI-FRIDGES available ON LOAN at no cost to those in need.  We have a temporary …

FLORIDA KEYS EXPERIENCING KING TIDES HIGHER THAN NOAA’S PREDICTION MONROE COUNTY, FL – Monroe County is experiencing higher than predicted King tides, running about .75 foot …