Monroe County

Launched in 1999, WOW was originally intended to promote and celebrate Key West’s mid-town galleries and showcase the range and caliber of their artists. However, the event has grown significantly, evolving to now include multiple White St. district businesses and destinations.

The Florida Keys Marathon International Airport is officially returning to full operation following completion of an infrastructure project, with Monroe County officials scheduled to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday.

Officials across South Florida, which has been saturated by rain throughout September, continue to keep an eye on an unnamed weather system gaining strength in the Caribbean.

The increase puts starting teacher salaries in Monroe County thousands of dollars above the state average.

All five commissioners, in a joint statement, said they could not support the changes, "especially after hearing from the public and receiving public comment throughout the week."

The new budget is $43.6 million less than the previous year and reflects a focus on efficiency and strengthening reserves while maintaining core services, the commissioners said in a statement on Wednesday night.

The Key West Business Guild is holding a meeting Thursday night to talk about the future of the city's iconic rainbow crosswalks amid threats from DeSantis administration officials to remove them.

COVID-19 changed commuting patterns. Most workers are back on the road at least some of the time, but work-from-home has helped shorten average commute times in some of South Florida.

A sharp rise in ocean temperatures this month has scientists keeping a close watch on coral reefs suffering from water persistently warmed by climate change.

Grossman retired from WLRN on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, when he aired his last four-hour "Night Train" show live from the station's main studio in downtown Miami.

A thirty-five-pound green sea turtle named Haven that spent the last six months in rehab at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon, Florida, finally got her chance to go home Friday. The 8-year-old endangered green sea turtle spent the last six months rehabilitating at The Turtle Hospital after being rescued, wrapped in fishing line and covered in fibropapilloma tumors.

The decision ends a four-year long case remarkable not just in its outcome but that it even made it to trial. Many similar cases against Tesla have been dismissed and, when that didn't happen, settled by the company to avoid the spotlight of a trial.