Recent news articles and broadcasts have claimed that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida's west ...

Visitors snug in Manatee County beds netted $1.87 million in tourist development tax revenues in December 2024. The Manatee County Tax Collector’s office ...

A new batch of commissioners campaigned on slowing growth that some residents feel is happening too fast, especially in East ...

The company recently filed plans to build a restaurant in Ellenton — and another location could be on the way, too.

Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in rivers, bays, canals, estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31.

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

This unincorporated community, seven miles south of Jesup on U. S. 341, has a population of 85.  That is what Wikipedia says about this settlement which I have been passing though for decades. I have ...

A 2023 state law empowers local governments to use cameras and radar or laser-based speed detection systems to fine motorists ...