CRAWL KEY, FL – Monroe County Fire Rescue’s Battalion Chief of Training Charlie Mather choked up Thursday as he proudly talked about the first graduating class of the Monroe County “Hot Shots” training program at th...
STOCK ISLAND, FL – At 11:18 p.m. Friday, Monroe County Fire Rescue responded to a report of a garage on fire at 5172 Overseas Highway on Stock Island. Crews arrived to the commercial structure to find a pickup truck on fire inside the g...
MONROE COUNTY, FL – This week, Monroe County Fire Rescue personnel throughout the Keys collected a large truckload of essential items and more than $10,000 in cash donations for Hurricane Michael victims, including impacted firefighters and thei...
MONROE COUNTY, FL – It’s Fire Prevention Week and Monroe County Fire Rescue has been actively involved. Crews have been visiting eight schools and day care facilities throughout the Keys to help educate children about how to prevent fi...
SUMMERLAND KEY, FL – Monroe County Fire Rescue responded to a vehicle accident between a Coca-Cola distributing truck and an SUV at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key at 6:50 a.m. Friday.
Fire Rescue crews extricated the driver of the SUV from the vehi...
Monroe County Fire Rescue responded Monday afternoon, Sept. 10, to a construction accident on Big Coppitt Key in which a person fell from scaffolding. Naval Air Station Key West’s ladder truck was requested for specialized rescue equipment.
The p...
CRAWL KEY, FL – Monroe County Fire Rescue’s Battalion Chief of Training Charlie Mather choked up Thursday as he proudly talked about the first graduating class of the Monroe County “Hot Shots” training program at the County’s Joe London Fire Training Acad...
MONROE COUNTY, FL – It was a particularly special Veterans Day Ceremony on Sunday at the Murray Nelson Government and Cultural Center in Key Largo. In 1918, 100 years ago to the day, the first World War ended.
In 1938, the first Veterans...
MIAMI BEACH, FL – Monroe County Mayor David Rice and Monroe County Administrator Roman Gastesi participated on panels during the recent 10th Annual Southeast Florida Regional Climate Leadership Summit at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Monroe ...
MONROE COUNTY, FL – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has approved 28 more canals for the Monroe County-led $49.2 million project to cleanup Hurricane Irma marine debris.
These 2...
MARATHON, FL – Nearly 1,000 people, including Monroe County Mayor David Rice, attended the Florida Keys Marathon International Airport's 75th Anniversary celebration on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Marathon General Aviation ramp.
"This was a gr...
The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners held its monthly meeting Oct. 17, 2018 at the Marathon Government Center. Here are some of the highlights:
RECEIVED UPDATE ON THE RESTORE ACT STATE EXPENDITURE PLAN FOR FUNDS FROM BP OIL SPILL
In 2012, The Res...
MARATHON, FL – While Monroe County has come a long way in the year since Hurricane Irma struck as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 10, 2018, the recovery continues for many residents and businesses.
On Monday, Monroe County hosted a Hurricane Irma Lon...
KEY WEST, FL -- American Airlines will add two new nonstop services from Key West International Airport to Chicago O’Hare International Airport and to Philadelphia International Airport beginning Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.
Both new routes...
MONROE COUNTY, FL – The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners approved the creation of a “Less Than Fee” Program for people who own a home and the adjacent vacant lot in unincorporated Monroe County. ...
KEY WEST, FL – The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners adopted a $411.5 million budget for Fiscal Year 2019 – $66.7 million for Capital and $344.7 million for Operating – on Monday night at the Final Public H...