On Jan. 8, at their first meeting of the new year, the Manatee Board of County Commissioners received an update on the ...

Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 86 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations of ...

The Florida Legislature directed OPPAGA to analyze the potential benefits of consolidating local government services for the three ...

Over the weekend of Jan. 3-5, residents, neighbors and friends of the Pines Trailer Park were shocked by an announcement from ...

Cold weather calls for shrimp on the hook — and patience - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Week one of the adult flag football league at the Center of Anna Maria Island kicked off Jan. 9 with five games played. The ...

Understating the obvious for Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key, the Coalition of Barrier Island Elected Officials at its March 21 meeting held a discussion on traffic problems confronting the four ...

As stories go, this definitely is one, and it's got all the elements of a made-for-TV movie. There's adventure, romance, tragic death, a miraculous escape and a surprise ending. It's even got ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

The humpback bridge on 127th Street West off Cortez Road will close April 7 for 90 to 120 days to allow construction crews to renovate and raise its height an additional 2.5 feet above the high-water ...

Attracted by the Anna Maria ambiance, rising land values and lack of proper land-development controls, rich developers with plenty of cash are eyeing Anna Maria real estate to assemble enough parcels ...

The new Anna Maria Island Community Center building came about at the cost of an Island landmark, Benji Scanio Memorial Stadium. The field didn’t really change, but the stadium and concrete bleachers ...