Marquesas Keys News Today

1898: War prices ruled in Key West. A tall glass of soda cost 15 cents, lemonade 20 cents, and beer 25 cents. Drinking water, too, was valuable, as there was

The Nuestra Señora de Atocha sunk to the bottom of the ocean, west of Key West, in September, 1622.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be closing Boca Grande Key, Woman Key and the Marquesas Keys in Key West National Wildlife Refuge Nov. 8-12.

1845: Wreckers were at work salvaging the cargo of the ship Rizeni, aground on the reef near Rodriguez Key. The Rizeni, bound from New York to New Orleans with assorted

1825: Yellow fever was prevalent at Key West. Of 30 Marines there, only 10 were able perform their duties. The sickness also forced enslaved laborers who had been clearing roads

1823: The U.S. Navy schooners Weasel and Fox, accompanied by two barges, left Key West for a cruise against piracy around Cuba.

Migrants continue the dangerous practice of crossing the Straits of Florida in small homemade boats which are usually overloaded.

Migrants continue the dangerous practice of crossing the Straits of Florida in small homemade boats which are usually overloaded.

U.S. Border Patrol agents took custody of 26 Cuban migrants Friday who made landfall in the Marquesas Keys, Chief Patrol Agent Walter Slosar confirmed.

A less-than-stellar spiny lobster season for Florida Keys commercial fishermen has come to a close, with fishermen still reeling from a September hurricane that destroyed thousands of traps and COVID-19