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Stock Island family arrested with 8 kilos of cocaine, undersized lobster tails By KONK Life News Staff   A Stock Island family was arrested Wednesday …

Descendants to discuss presidential vacations at Key West retreat By KONK Life News Staff Descendants of four former United States presidents are to share memories …

Scott proclaims School Choice Week, In Monroe: ‘It’s a matter of business’   By C.S. Gilbert On Monday, Jan. 27 Gov. Rick Scott proclaimed Jan. …

Cates meets with FEMA About flood insurance BY JOHN GUERRA Key West Mayor Craig Cates made rounds at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, …

Ambulance service to drop Key West By John L. Guerra CARE Ambulance, the private company that has the Key West contract to transport injured and …

Shortage of nurses plaguing LKMC By John L. Guerra   As Lower Keys Medical Center transitions to a new corporate owner, it continues to wrestle …

Super Hosts Media Talk-Back   By C.S Gillbert   Schools Superintendent Mark Porter hosted a luncheon at the Doubletree Grand Key Wednesday, asking local electronic …

Konk Life Managing Editor   By Ralph Morrow   Ralph Morrow, who joined Konk Life in October, has been promoted from News Editor to Managing …

A Dream Fulfilled For Judge Jones   By Mark Howell   Some happy stories have a way of writing themselves. Like this one.     …

Whitney Washburn Open At Gingerbread Monday   Konk Life News Staff   Artists John Whitney and Jane Washburn share the coming week at Gingerbread Square …

Halpern announces new student support center By C.S. GILBERT Local attorney and developer Michael Halpern, well-known and awarded for his support of less advantaged residents, …

MLK Breakfast Preacher urges, ‘Keep moving!’  By C.S. Gilbert   Dr. Teresa L. Fry Brown, keynote speaker at Monday’s fourth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, …

Congressman Joe Garcia introduces Flood Insurance Mitigation Bill By KONK Life News   U.S. Congressman Joe Garcia (D-Key West) has introduced the HOME Act of …

Community Invited to annual MLK Dinner By C.S. Gilbert   Coconut Woman Veronica Stafford is busy as she’s ever been. Florida Keys Community College President …

Superintendent hosts media talk-back By C.S. Gilbert   Schools Superintendent Mark Porter hosted a luncheon at the Doubletree Grand Key Wednesday, asking local electronic and …

White House connection bolsters Morris’ local appearance today By C.S. Gilbert There is an historic, presidential connection between The Little White House’s sponsorship of this …

Sanchez works to be featured / At Havana national museum By Konk Life News Staff The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in Havana, Cuba, has …

Your Help is needed,  KW Police Make Trespassing Arrest By John L. Guerra The Key West Police Department has put a man’s image on its …

Running The Rum By Ralph Morrow The stills, the water tanks, the machinery are in full mode, churning away for 14 hours, six days a week. …

‘Without a Face’: Confronting Mental Illness By CS Gilbert One in ten people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with a long-term, non-debilitating or situational …