Manatee County commissioners voted have an ordinance drafted to end a requirement that its water supply be treated with fluoride.

If commissioners vote to follow the guidance of Florida's surgeon general, Manatee would join more than a dozen other local ...

The biggest grant that Manatee County has ever received is caught ... to divide the funding among local municipalities based on population percentage. He agreed that the funds could go a long ...

A casual, American-style restaurant chain is doubling its Manatee County footprint. Known for their hearty meals and fresh-baked rolls, Texas Roadhouse is one of several planned restaurants for the ...

That’s out of a population that, as of a few years ago ... In the first 10 days of 2025, the state has logged 19 manatee deaths, including two babies — and that was when the water was ...

The project would be a continuation of the Manatee County-centered Lakewood Ranch, a 30-year-old city-scale development. The more than 33,000-acre project now has a population of 72,000 people.

Despite a population ... county in beds per population, with 415.4 beds for every 100,000 residents. Hernando (365.5) and Hillsborough (317.9) also fall above the state level of 316.3. Manatee ...

RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — The manatee successfully rescued from a Tar River canal in Greenville, Pitt County, last fall ... return this manatee to the wild population.” Pamlico was rescued on ...

If commissioners vote to follow the guidance of Florida's surgeon general, Manatee would join more than a dozen other local governments to end the practice. Manatee County ... of overall fluoride ...

The manatee successfully rescued from a Tar River canal in Greenville, Pitt County, last fall is free ... in helping return this manatee to the wild population.” Pamlico was rescued on Nov ...

After a public protest, two rounds of applicants, and commissioners who refused to make appointments since April 2023, Manatee County’s ... it expanded because our population is so much larger ...