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A ‘thorough’ job investigating Eimers’ death? Not yet, says CRB BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   The Key West Citizens Review Board (CRB) …

AP Analysis: US was at odds with world over Cuba policy By JULIE PACE and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s …

Bondi asks U.S. Supreme Court to put hold on gay  marriages By DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE –Florida Attorney General …

In or out? Jeb Bush keeps on mulling 2016 decision  STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush’s …

City settles 2 lawsuits for $250,000   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Two separate lawsuits filed against Key West by a former …

From Key West to Havana: Sweet Days for the ‘Hemingway Suite’   BY MARK HOWELL KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Two Key West groups flew …

Hold those trolleys; proposal limits number, narration on streets   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Hoping to “promote the health, safety and …

Eimers internal investigation suspends one officer, reprimands another   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Despite a grand jury absolving 13 Key West …

  Former City Planner’s consulting contract draws concerns   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Former Key West City Planner Don Craig, who …

PHOTO/Vera Schiff Impromptu Concerts salute Vera Schiff BY GEORGE FONTANA SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE With season upon us, Impromptu Classical Concerts announces its much-anticipated 43nd …

Citizens object to Oxitec’s modified skeeters   SEAN KINNEY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Concerned Monroe County residents packed the Harvey Government Center Dec. 4 for …

Thank you – No hurricanes in Keys since 2005 SEAN KINNEY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The six-month Atlantic hurricane season ended quietly on Nov. 30 …

Last Stand urges delay in Monroe County Comp Plan height changes KONK LIFE STAFF Last Stand is urging Monroe County’s Board of County Commissioners at …

City Hall contractor keeps contract   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Amidst various finger pointing over whose fault it was that construction …

City Attorney gets high marks, 4-year extension   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Following an annual performance evaluation that gave Key West …

City Attorney gets high marks, 4-year extension   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Following an annual performance evaluation that gave Key West …

PHOTO/Teatro Marti, Cuba’s leading concert hall and opera house, is the scene of Saturday’s historic event uniting Havana with Key West. Key Westers on music …

Eimers rebuke draws angry response from two commissioners   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Tempers flared at Tuesday’s Key West City Commission …

Senior citizen housing project in final planning stages   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   As other city agencies struggle to come up …

Emergency ambulance service start up ‘on time and on budget’   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Five months after agreeing to take …