After suffering through the cancellations brought by four hurricane strikes in Florida during August and September, Island accommodations and restaurants are gradually reporting a return of ...

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 ...

Here’s a blast from 70 years in the past, complements of Rosie Wiley. The “Visitors Guide Bradenton and Manatee County 1937-38” was self-described as “a convenient handbook for Bradenton’s winter ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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