Commissioners also recently voted to undo a Comprehensive Plan change made in 2021 that allowed new housing construction east ...

While red tides and other algal blooms can occur worldwide, Karenia brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico ...

After the former resident manatees moved out, the manatee tanks in The Seas at EPCOT have four new short-term guests, two ...

Changes are coming to Manatee County's school speed zone cameras after commissioners received complaints as soon as the ...

Manatee County commissioners will meet Tuesday to discuss a series of plans centered around school zones. According to newly ...

Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...

Sarasota County commissioners give special approval to Lakewood Ranch Southeast, a development of up to 5,000 homes on 4,100 ...

Kimberly Kuizon joined the FOX 13 Team in March 2013, reporting on the southern Bay Area, including Manatee and Sarasota ... by early December 2024 after new school speed zone cameras were installed.

Developments east of county utilities, fluoride in the water and speeding tickets are all on track to be limited.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Eastern Manatee County looks very different than it did when many residents first moved to the area. “Now places that I never thought they would build on, they are ...

Researchers discovered a lack of archaeological or historical evidence that this species lived in this area early on. Scientists make unexpected discovery about Florida's beloved manatees: 'The actual ...