Manatee County commissioners want to exercise the government's option to purchase more than 231 acres of undeveloped land on Perico Island. To perform such an exercise they'll need to flex some ...

Joey Seubert 15, of Holmes Beach, wins the fifth week of the Top Notch contest with this image of his brother, Jake, 19, ...

Bradenton Beach officials began shaping the community redevelopment agency’s 2025-26 budget Aug. 6, focusing on unfinished infrastructure projects and stormwater […] Manatee County’s bed tax bump from ...

Election season is just around the corner. And a few familiar faces are hoping for a return to the Anna Maria City Commission. Commissioners John Lynch, ...

The Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage is advancing restoration work in its 95-acre preserve through the removal of ...

Hatching season — as opposed to nesting season — is in full swing, according to Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird ...

A man faces robbery and assault charges following his arrest Aug. 5 in Cortez. Deputies with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office responded that day to a ...

Bradenton Beach officials began shaping the community redevelopment agency’s 2025-26 budget Aug. 6, focusing on unfinished ...

A Cortez man arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of his father now also faces a felony drug charge following a separate investigation by the ...

Holmes Beach police filed capias requests Aug. 6 for potential third-degree felony charges against two Umatilla men, aged 30 and 35, for the alleged theft ...

Three Holmes Beach commission seats — held by Commissioners Steve Oelfke, Terry Schaefer and Carol Soustek — will be up for grabs on Nov. 4. The three ...

After Andrea, Barry, Chantal and Dexter, Colorado State University researchers updated their forecast for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. They still ...