While Anna Maria is saving about $50,000 a year by outsourcing its building official position and paying for just part-time help, it’s not really getting the maximum level of service, current building ...

Adult soccer takes the pitch, season of golf wraps up at KRC - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

The Bradenton Beach City Commission denied an April 17 request to operate a paid parking lot at 2000 Gulf Drive N., but ...

Springtime fishing ahead of May warms as waters heat up - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

An 18-year-old arrested in August 2023 in connection with a hit-and-run on the Palma Sola Causeway was sentenced April 9 to 12 years in prison, with ...

When the fishing boots aren’t covered with mud, slime and blood, something’s wrong in Cortez. Linda Molto had been noticing that with all the added fishing regulations and a slumping economy, the ...

Cortez Trailer Park owner Harry Howey Sr. with daughter Kathie Howey Harris addresses the residents about their co-op venture, "It's about preserving for the future." A small group of residents ...

With less than three weeks to the Cinco de Mayo Mexican holiday on Saturday, May 5, Island and Manatee County officials are scrambling to ensure the safety of beachgoers that day following the ...

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 ...

Lifelong islander Jean Bystrom captured mullet photos last week at "mom and dad's dock," Jean and Hugh Holmes Sr., in Holmes Beach, where the fish were schooling and gurgling on the bay water's ...