The fee charged to residents would add millions to the county budget for cleaning canals and waterways and enhancing the ...

Teams will play best-of-3 series to determine who advances in 2025 FHSAA regional baseball tournament. See Manatee, Sarasota ...

Maxwell: Hundreds of manatees have starved to death in Florida waters, due to pollution. A federal job says Florida didn’t do ...

Manatee County has approved a $5.66 million loan to One Stop Housing to support an affordable housing project near Cortez Road in Bradenton. One Stop Housing pitched the idea for the project last ...

On Tuesday, commissioners voted 5-1 to not add fluoride to the county's drinking water. They also said they will not repair the county's fluoridation system.

Manatee County commits funds to affordable housing and environmental projects, including a $5.6M loan for housing and $3.1M for beach restoration.

"Keep an eye out for manatees along Gulf beaches and coastal waterways as they travel from their southern wintering grounds," the notification said. "Their ability to thrive in both fresh and ...

Manatee County commissioners will not repair drinking water fluoridation system, citing a cost of millions ahead of a likely statewide fluoride ban.

Home values in Sarasota and Manatee counties are falling faster than almost anywhere else in the country, signaling a sharp reversal in one of the nation’s most overheated housing markets and raising ...