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Ignacio Martinez says he loves the challenge of reviving struggling businesses.A 30-year veteran of the auto industry, where he worked as a dealership general manger in Miami and New York City, Martinez said it was time for a new challenge."My wife and I started looking all over the Caribbean for some kind of an opportunity.

What's it like, to drive through the deep blue ocean yes, on a single stretch of highway, with nothing but blue water on both sides that's the kind of thrill one gets driving on the Overseas Highway to Key West from Miami .

A $21,500 grant will put breakfast on the table this summer for as many as 130 children in day care programs operated by the Boys and Girls Club of the Keys, according to the club's director.

Key LargoThe 34th annual Fourth of July parade sponsored by the Reporter start at 10 a.m. at Anthony's and proceeds north to mile marker 100.

Vox Communications, owner of US 1 Radio and Conch Country, is selling its Marathon radio station - 97.7 Wave FM - purchased in 2003 for $540,000.The station plays rock favorites and new rock - what's called in the world of radio a "Hot Adult Contemporary" format.

Treasure salvors searching for an 18th-century wreck in the Florida Straits a few years ago made a fascinating but little noticed discovery.

David Parker is no stranger to the Keys.The owner of David Parker's Lawn Service is a 1988 graduate of Key West High School, and worked for nine years at Mount Trashmore, formally known as Key West's waste transfer station.Now he works for AT&T but has also expanded out, opening up his own lawn service.Parker does maintenance on both lawns and pea ...

When most people think of racing sponsors, the picture comes to mind of NASCAR, with its automotive company stickers plastered all over the vehicle; or high-dollar corporate logos like Home Depot, NAPA, even M&Ms or Tide.But there's a whole different side to the amateur racer who doesn't have the opportunity to perform for thousands of fans or in ...

Jim and Cindy Evers of Tallahassee are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lauren Elizabeth Evers, to Benjamin James Staley, son of Linda Staley and the late James Staley of Mount Dora, Florida.

The National Weather Service in Key West has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Lower Keys in Monroe County in Florida... * until 830 PM EDT * at 752 PM EDT... trained weather spotters reported numerous waterspouts along a line extending from Bay Point to Sugarloaf Key and may move onshore at any time.

Going back on previous public statements, schools Superintendent Randy Acevedo on Tuesday said he will not talk to prosecutors about their investigation into his wife's alleged theft from the school district without a subpoena.'The advice of my attorney is to wait for a subpoena, and when it comes then I'll talk to them,' Acevedo said.

Monroe County had one of the largest percentages of fifth-graders to score proficient or higher in science, according to a preliminary look at Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results released Thursday.

Dollar store owner Doug Austin says sales have been brisk lately as cash-strapped Keys' shoppers scan the shelves of his store looking for bargains.

A 40-year-old Big Pine Key man was in jail Monday after he allegedly threatened to kill his wife and fired several shots in his home Saturday night, including one while deputies were present, reports say.

A Monroe County State Attorney's Office investigator this morning confiscated from a Big Pine Key home several items believed may have been purchased using Monique Acevedo's school district credit card, according to State Attorney Dennis Ward.

An 18-year-old Big Pine Key woman was stabbed several times during an apparent fight on Marvin Key Monday afternoon.

A 40-year-old Big Pine Key man is in custody after Monroe County sheriff's deputies say he fired a handgun multiple times in his home Saturday night after threatening to blow a hole in his wife's head.

The 3rd District Court of Appeal has overturned a Monroe County circuit judge's ruling in a landmark code enforcement case involving downstairs enclosures.

Sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation in 2007, admitted alligator killer Timothy Goll has managed to parlay that sentence --through multiple probation violations -- into a three-year state prison term.However, due to time already served, he will actually spend just under two years in a mainland prison.