Page 5 - Key West Based News Today

With the mid-term elections about a year away, a handful candidates have already filed to run for several local races.

View the Key West Citizen for Wednesday, October 27, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted three men who operated labor-staffing companies in Florida and Key West on charges of conspiracy to harbor non-resident aliens and induce them to

Additional soil contamination near the site of the planned workforce housing development on College Road has further delayed the start of construction on the affordable rental complex. A new, small area of pesticide-contaminated soil on city-owned land off College Road on Stock Island needs to be removed before the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will give the go-ahead for construction to begin. The location of the polluted soil is a parcel adjacent to the planned housing complex...

Mote Marine via AP  A Goliath grouper swims at Mote Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida. Florida may lift its three-decade ban on catching and killing Goliath groupers. State fishery managers will discuss possibly reopening Goliath grouper to harvest and interactions between fishermen and sharks in Florida waters on Wednesday, May 12, and also discuss implementing a tag system to harvest spiny lobster in the Florida Keys during the two-day sport season when it meets Thursday, May 13. The Florida Fis...

State fishery managers will discuss possibly reopening Goliath grouper to harvest and interactions between fishermen and sharks in Florida waters on Wednesday, May 12, and also discuss implementing a tag system to harvest spiny lobster in the Florida Keys during the two-day sport season when it meets Thursday, May 13. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will meet virtually all day Wednesday starting at 9 a.m. Information on participating in the meeting can be found at https://...

Federal law enforcement officials are investigating at least one Key West-based labor supply company and possibly more, and the crackdown already appears to be impacting the supply of workers on the small island. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed the investigation in an email to The Key West Citizen on Thursday. “Unfortunately I am not able to discuss the case since it is part of an ongoing investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI),” said Nestor Yglesias...

It may have been fate that pushed Belle Jampol, lead singer of the Key West-based band Coconut Victrola, into the world of music and acting but it is talent that’s keeping her there. Born and raised in Key West, Jampol got an early start from her father, Matthew “Mateo” Jampol, a classical Spanish guitarist, and mother, Penny Leto, one of the original founders of the local doo-wop delight, the Fabulous Spectrelles. Life at home was pretty lively between her parents and their arti...