Key West

Fantasy Fest is the biggest event of the year in the Florida Keys. It was canceled this year because of the pandemic. But die-hard partiers plan on carrying on the costume and scant-clothing tradition, despite concerns from locals.

About 2 million people a year visit Key West — and almost half of them get there on cruise ships. With the industry on pause due to the coronavirus...

The Florida Keys will reopen to tourists on June 1, more than two months after the island chain closed to visitors to minimize the spread of the…

Key West is a small town with about 25,000 residents — but it receives many times its population in visitors from all over the world. So the city is...

Just off Key West, undeveloped Wisteria Island — long home to a ragtag community — is at the center of a legal fight. The U.S. government and a Florida developer are fighting over ownership.

Last February, a Chinese man was sentenced to a year in federal prison after he got caught taking photographs of military buildings on the Navy base in...

Green iguanas are invasive exotics and in South Florida, their numbers have exploded. They eat vegetation and sometimes bird eggs. And they dig into the...

The Key West Art and Historical Society already maintains some of the island's most important historic buildings, like the lighthouse and the Custom...

Key West has become the first place in the mainland U.S. to ban the sale of sunscreens containing two chemicals that have been found in some studies to...

Over the summer, Hawaii became the first place in the United States to ban sunscreens with chemicals that have been found to harm corals . Now Key West...

All drivers entering Key West are again being greeted by a large painted sign welcoming them to "Paradise USA."Unveiled Tuesday, the sign was stolen last…

For years tourists have flocked to take photos at Key West's Southernmost Point Marker. That came to a halt when the concrete buoy was damaged during...