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The biotech company Oxitec will launch the latest phase of its genetically modified mosquito pilot project Thursday, July 7, which will examine single-point releases of Oxitec’s male mosquitoes.

The Sunshine State has a wealth of historic towns and cultural cities, and miles of sandy shores. And as UK tourists are allowed to return from next month, it makes the perfect place for winter sun.

The islands of the Florida Keys dangle down from the tip of Florida in a 113-mile-long chain. Here's how to get around Florida's islands in the sun.

Cheers: To the Nichols family and the Monroe County Commission for their work to designate Conch Key as a commercial fishing village, one of only three in the state. We

View the Key West Citizen for Thursday, August 19, 2021

With the number of daily COVID-19 cases continuing to rise, the Monroe County Commission on Wednesday required its employees and the public to wear masks in county buildings.

After 30 years and 697 affordable housing units later, J. Manuel Castillo, executive director of the Monroe County Housing Authority, retired on Jan. 1.

As the first doses of vaccine for COVID-19 were made available throughout the United States and Florida, the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County on Monday, Dec. 14, reported 69 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, Dec. 11, including 22 in Key West. Dr. Mark Whiteside, medical director for the local offices of the Health Department, said Monday despite the vaccine becoming available, there are still major concerns and urged caution. “You know, we’re at record levels, we’r...