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

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

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

Mangrove snapper invasion reaches infestation in local waters - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Meanwhile, golfers at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach dodged the rain and got in a full week of action, starting with the Aug. 4 men’s weekly modified-Stableford system match. Jim Bailey earned ...

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 ...

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 ...

Center of Anna Maria Island summer campers Louis Bacon, left, and Logan Bobo, right, hang Aug. 1 from a low beam at Evo Athletics, 7188 E. 15th St., Sarasota, during the final week of camp. Islander ...

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