Key West Citizen

The Key West Citizen is a daily newspaper based in Key West, Florida, USA. It was formed by merging several earlier publications in the early 1900s. The newspaper officially became known as the Key West Citizen on April 29, 1905, when it published its first weekly edition from 534 Front St. This edition marked the announcement of Flagler's Overseas Railroad reaching Key West.

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Family sues over US detention in what may be first challenge to courthouse arrests involving kids

9 hours ago | keysnews.com | Hallie Golden

A mother and her two young kids are fighting for their release from a Texas immigration detention center in what is believed to be the first lawsuit involving children challenging the Trump administration’s policy on immigrant arrests at courthouses.
Not just 'Alligator Alcatraz': DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center

1 day ago | keysnews.com | Kate Payne

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the federal government’s crackdown on illegal immigration. Republican Gov.
Salute to sun, turtle time conclude Key West's Summer Solstice Celebration | Local News | keysnews.com

3 days ago | keysnews.com

A conch shell salute to the sun and an environmental sea turtle experience highlighted the finale of the inaugural Summer Solstice Celebration, a 20-day festival held in conjunction with Key
Why CEOs are silent in the face of Trump’s destruction

4 days ago | keysnews.com | Fareed Zakaria

Once upon a time, America’s CEOs felt free to criticize government policies, often with a familiar complaint. Former Verizon Communications Inc. CEO Ivan Seidenberg explained that “By reaching into virtually every sector of economic life, government is injecting uncertainty into the marketplace.” Cisco Systems Inc.’s then-CEO John Chambers agreed: “Business doesn’t like uncertainty,” he said.
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Bill Welzien

1 week ago | keysnews.com | Joey Cooke

One hundred and fifty times Bill Welzien has now swam around Key West, a milestone he never set out to reach when he first circumnavigated the island in 1991, and likely a record that will never be touched against as the 75-year-old pastor accomplished the feat on Thursday, June 12, starting and finishing from Smathers Beach.
Textures

1 week ago | keysnews.com | Robin Robinson

I’m a short little thing, so I mostly wear a single color so as to not chop me into visual chunks and make me look even shorter. As a result, I am acutely aware of textures. Silky trousers combined with a nubby sweater or a tweed combined with a smooth jacket. Gardeners often miss this aspect of design, planting beds or rows of the same plant that create a visual continuity, but are a little boring. Add some visual variety to the landscape by varying the leaf structure.
The woke right

1 week ago | keysnews.com | John Stossel

In 2018, some activists, appalled by woke nonsense being published by academic journals, submitted nonsensical research. One paper claimed researchers “closely and respectfully examined the genitals of ... ten thousand dogs” to learn about “rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks.”Some journals published it!In my new video, one of the hoaxers, James Lindsay, claims this “woke virus” now has spread to the right:“There is a radical segment embedded within MAGA ...
Mia Castillo - Citizen of the Day

1 week ago | keysnews.com | Rob O'Neal

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1 week ago | keysnews.com | Rob O'Neal

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The biggest mystery of Elon Musk

1 week ago | keysnews.com | Ross Douthat

Must any pair of would-be great men of history always find a path to conflict? Ask Caesar and Pompey, Octavian and Antony, Lennon and McCartney. But the specific thing they fight about is less predictable. I would not have guessed, six months ago, that Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s version of the Battle of Actium would be fought over the budget deficit.