Mandy Miles

1 week ago | keysweekly.com | Mandy Miles

Capt. Jason Ingram will end his Coast Guard career of 30-plus years at the same place he started — Station Key West. It was his first choice in 1992, when Ingram finished at the top of his U.S. Coast Guard boot camp class in Cape May, New Jersey — and it was once again his first choice for his last assignment back in 2022.

1 week ago | keysweekly.com | Mandy Miles

And then there were three…We asked you to nominate your favorites for the 2025 Bubbas: Key West People’s Choice Awards — and you answered, submitting thousands of online nominations in nearly 100 categories. The top three nominees in each category are listed on page 13 and are now finalists. Voting for the final winners runs Thursday, June 19 through Sunday, July 6. And so begins the only-in-Key-West campaign for votes in the hopes of taking home a 2025 Bubba Award.

1 week ago | keysweekly.com | Mandy Miles

The “No Kings” protests that occurred on June 14 in 2,100 U.S. cities drew an estimated 5 million people, according to organizers from the nonprofit Indivisible and other pro-democracy coalitions. Three such events occurred locally, in Key West, Marathon and the Upper Keys. The peaceful protests were planned as a “national day of peaceful mobilization to defend democracy, reject authoritarian overreach, and stand up for their communities,” organizers said.

1 week ago | keysweekly.com | Mandy Miles

The 13th Annual VFW Key West Fishing Tournament takes place June 20-22 with a captain’s meeting and final registration on Friday, June 20 and fishing from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22. This year’s tournament features more than $50,000 in payouts and prizes. More information is at vfw3911.org or at the captain’s meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, June 20 at the VFW on North Roosevelt Boulevard.

2 weeks ago | keysweekly.com | Mandy Miles

By Mandy Miles and Jim McCarthyConfusion, rumor, outrage and alarm have permeated online comments and real-life conversations in the Florida Keys. “What is going on? Is this really happening?”The questions are constant, but the answers are elusive. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have reportedly raided restaurants, roofing companies and supermarkets, detaining and arresting immigrants, some of whom are said to have been here legally.