Key West Lou / I HAVE COME TO LIKE CHICKENS After 30 years in Key West, I have grown to like the chicken population. At …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom nudges school districts to restrict student cellphone use By  SOPHIE AUSTIN SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent letters Tuesday …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR / POLITICAL FLIP FLOP By Roger C. Kostmayer Not long ago, a majority of Americans believed they were getting bad Presidential …

Code Enforcing Law Regarding Obscene Displays It has been six months since the City Commission passed an ordinance making it unlawful for any business to …

HARC Member Powell Retires During its August meeting, the Key West City Commission commended retiring Historic Architectural Review Commission (HARC) member Letisia Powell for her …

Tropic Sprockets / It Ends with Us By Ian Brockway Justin Baldoni directs a bestselling melodrama “It Ends with Us” based on the popular novel …

Key West Lou / WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND What goes around comes around. Trump made a great choice in selecting JD Vance. Great for …

Florida now counts 1 million more registered Republican voters than Democrats By  STEPHANY MATAT There are 5.3 million active Republican voters compared to 4.3 million active …

Deadline to Apply for Leadership Monroe County Class XXXII is August 12 Leadership Monroe County, the educational, nonpartisan, non-profit community organization that brings together existing …

Back to School Safety Tips More than 3,000 students will be returning to schools in the Key West area on Wednesday, August 14th.  Amid the …

Tropic Sprockets / The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout By Ian Brockway In the early 1950s, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States conducted tests of atomic …

SCHOONER WHARF ENTERTAINMENT August 15 – 21, 2024 Justin Kleinhoffer Thursday, August 15  Noon – 5:00 pm Great acoustic performer playing classic hits, new and …

Key West Lou / TAMPON TIM “Tampon Tim.” Another Republican shot at Tim Walz. As with others, it will backfire. Guaranteed! Genuinely high praise for …

Trump campaign projects confidence and looks to young male voters for an edge on Harris By  JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — …

MONROE COUNTY TO TERMINATE CONTRACT WITH MEDICAL DIRECTOR AND PLACES DIVISION CHIEF ON SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY MONROE COUNTY, FL—The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners …

MONROE COUNTY AND HOUSING AUTHORITY OPEN 20 NEW WORKFORCE HOMES SPLIT BETWEEN CONCH KEY AND BIG PINE KEY CONCH KEY & BIG PINE KEY, FL …

Fantasy Fest Call For Cosmic Creators and Fantasy Float Fabricators Cosmic creators, float fabricators, and costuming artists – it’s time to fill out and submit …

Rescue Tail / Ivar & Jeffrey the Unicorn  We couldn’t be more excited to announce that exactly one year after entering Foster, Ivar was adopted …

Key West Lou / A BIT OF THIS AND THAT A bit of this and that. Politics first. Most recent polls re the Presidential race …

Debby finally moves out of the US, though some flooding risk and power outages remain By  DAVID SHARP, MICHAEL HILL, MARK SCOLFORO and PATRICK WHITTLE The sun came out but …