Manatee County homes will soon receive new 96-gallon trash bins meant to help contractors streamline trash pickup. New pickup ...

Currently, 14 schools in Manatee County are at or over capacity. Some of the biggest boundary map changes could impact students at Harvey Elementary School, Sugg Middle School and Parrish ...

Our Gulf beaches are world famous, but Sarasota has another great body of water—the Myakka, celebrating its 40th anniversary ...

The new FEMA preliminary flood insurance rate maps (FIRM) and elevation requirements will impact insurance rates for many Manatee County homeowners.

A national retailer has set the opening date for its new Bradenton store, which is its largest in Manatee County, a report ...

It takes a special kind of person to run a marathon, and Lakewood Ranch resident Regina Morris has taken that to another ...

Four years ago, Florida saw a record number of manatee deaths. A record 1,100 of them died in 2021, and two years ago, wildlife officials began hand-feeding manatees lettuce to stave off ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the four appropriation requests that Manatee County commissioners supported in the state’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget June 30. Commissioner Jason Bearden called the ...

Tawny crazy ants in Florida number in the millions, asphyxiate their prey and create huge supercolonies that are nearly ...

If you crave the solitude of an undeveloped stretch of coast to beachcomb, birdwatch, and sunbathe, check out America's best national seashores.