When the fishing boots aren’t covered with mud, slime and blood, something’s wrong in Cortez. Linda Molto had been noticing that with all the added fishing regulations and a slumping economy, the ...

With less than three weeks to the Cinco de Mayo Mexican holiday on Saturday, May 5, Island and Manatee County officials are scrambling to ensure the safety of beachgoers that day following the ...

Between Hurricane Dennis's passage and the sporadic red tide blooms, fishing has been hammered but not drowned in the past week. Offshore fishing for grouper remains steadily good, and snapper fishing ...

At extreme low tide, boaters and conservation officials get a glimpse of what was once a vibrant wildlife habitat - Passage Key. Gulf storms, most recently the 2005 storms, have taken a toll on ...

If a child goes missing in Holmes Beach, 10 local volunteers with the police department are ready to go looking. Still, additional volunteers are needed, said Detective Sgt. Terri Davis, of the Holmes ...

The Anna Maria planning and zoning board will hold a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, to consider rezoning 24 lots from commercial to retail-office-residential to bring the properties ...

What's a wannabe visiting recycler to do on Anna Maria Island? That question was posed by Dr. James N. Coutant. An occasional visitor to the Island, Coutant said he and friends dutifully bagged up ...

An 18-year-old arrested in August 2023 in connection with a hit-and-run on the Palma Sola Causeway was sentenced April 9 to 12 years in prison, with ...

The Bradenton Beach City Commission denied an April 17 request to operate a paid parking lot at 2000 Gulf Drive N., but ...

Adult soccer takes the pitch, season of golf wraps up at KRC - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Springtime fishing ahead of May warms as waters heat up - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...