School District of Manatee County employees , Stacy Freeman and Suzanne Theiss, honored this week at the 2025 Excellence in ...

The Manatee County Commission voted unanimously today to approve changes to the scheduling for traffic cameras in county school zones.

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

Which is why the TECO Manatee Viewing Center is so special. Vacationers appreciate a little break in their itineraries to see manatees swimming in the waters around the Tampa Electric water plant ...

A Manatee County official is calling for the removal of fluoride from the county’s drinking water following a renewed national debate about whether it poses health risks. In a controversial ...

Class B Top 10 teams: 1, Huntley Project; 2, Eureka; 3, Conrad; 4, Glasgow; 5, Choteau; 6, Malta; 7, Whitehall; 8, Jefferson; 9, Florence; 10, Colstrip. Class C Top 5 ...

The city reported discharge of 450,000 gallons of partially treated sewage during the incident into the Manatee River, which empties into Tampa Bay and out into the Gulf. In case you missed it ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — A horseback riding center in Manatee County is offering a $10,000 reward for their missing 16-year-old gray and white horse. Staff from Florida Beach Horses said the horse ...

A manatee was spotted in a Pompano Beach waterway with a bike tire stuck around its torso on Dec. 27, but it swam away before Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists could ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...

The manatee viewing area on the first floor of the SeaBase Aquarium is blocked by blue curtains and rope. The second-floor viewing area is also blocked by rope, although we could still see inside.

But this week, the feds balked at restoring "endangered" status to the Florida manatee. Instead, they plan to leave them at the less-serious status of "threatened" and make their smaller cousin ...