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Just weeks before the captain in a fatal Florida Keys parasailing accident was set to stand trial, attorneys are clashing over which federal charges he should face. A jury trial is set to begin on Monday, July 27 in Key West for Daniel Gavin Couch, who captained Lighthouse Parasail’s M/V Airborne during the Memorial Day

Searstown Plaza is becoming the Conch RePublix Shoppes. A five-year construction project to replace one of Key West’s three original strip malls began in a visible way this week with the demolition of the long-vacant Sears. The department store for decades anchored the Searstown plaza, which was built in 1965 on North Roosevelt Boulevard. A

Florida Keys community members are mobilizing to help the people of Venezuela affected by a pair of powerful earthquakes last week.  Intense searches continue following the 7.2-magnitude and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes on June 24. Buildings collapsed in the capital of Caracas and coastal communities in La Guaira, trapping many people. Death toll reports have grown to

The Florida Keys History & Discovery Center, in partnership with Islander Resort, welcomed Florida Freedom Tour on June 30 as part of the statewide America 250 commemoration. A traveling outreach initiative designed to bring history directly to communities across the state, the Florida Freedom Tour’s visit to Florida marked its journey to the 67 counties.

Dear Editor, This is the story of one of our own. Ben Daniels is a lifelong Florida Keys resident, Marathon High School graduate, devoted father and someone who has quietly touched countless lives throughout our community through banking, real estate, coaching youth tennis, volunteering and simply being the kind of person who was always willing