Gwen Filosa

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — In the Florida Keys, businesses come and go. Customers are fickle and profit sometimes doesn’t match rent.

In the Florida Keys, businesses come and go. Customers are fickle and profit sometimes doesn’t match rent.

Fred the Tree delights people in the Florida Keys from his home atop an old bridge. Now he’s about to have a role in the Jake Gyllenhaal remake of 1980s cult classic film “Road House” ... and become a “celebri-tree.”

At Sigsbee Charter School, located within a Navy base in Key West, the pandemic led to a drastic increase in mental health referrals and a decline in students taking science, technology, engineering and math classes. Teachers believe the issues are linked — and now they will have access to a grant t…

Cubans are arriving in the Florida Keys in rickety boats in larger numbers than a year ago, the U.S. Border Patrol reports. Between Sunday and Tuesday alone, more than 120 people from the island landed in the Keys on handmade boats.

Cubans are arriving in the Florida Keys in rickety boats in larger numbers than a year ago, the U.S. Border Patrol reports.

Mabel Probet is a Cuban artist who expresses the personal struggles in her country through her work. Her latest installation — on public display in Key West — is spectacular and timely.

For 30 years Gary Marion has portrayed drag queen Sushi. A Key West institution, Sushi was at the center of one of the town’s most beloved New Year’s Eve traditions - but after 25 years, it’s time for someone new to drop in the giant red high heel at midnight.

Jacqueline Woodson, a MacArthur Fellow whose memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, won the National Book Award, visited Key West High School during January’s Key West Literary Seminar.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has a petting zoo at its jail on Stock Island. They just adopted a skunk who needed a home.