It’s going to be a quiet election season for Anna Maria voters. With the qualifying closed, the only people to qualify with the Manatee County Supervisor ...

Holmes Beach City Commission Chair Dan Diggins sparked a conversation Aug. 26 about the potential implementation of paid beach parking in the ...

Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring reported that some sea turtle nests were inundated with water — from ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said that a search for a swimmer reported missing about 7 p.m. Aug. 31 would continue the morning of Sept. 1. The MCSO ...

The city of Anna Maria’s tentative budget for capital projects in the upcoming fiscal year is historically large. Mayor Mark Short presented a $18,689,100 ...

The waters off the northern tip of Anna Maria Island may be closed off to swimmers. Anna Maria city commissioners reached consensus Aug. 28 to move ...

Manatee River flushes fresh water, pushing fish into bays - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Anna Maria Island’s lone race in the November election will be based in Holmes Beach, where four people qualified to run for three commission seats by the ...

A lawsuit challenging the closure of one of Bradenton Beach’s oldest neighborhoods has been settled. Judge Edward Nicholas of the 12th Circuit Court ...

A Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrested Bradenton resident Raymond Fernandez, 37, Aug. 24 on a second-degree misdemeanor for allegedly driving ...

With one week left in the regular season of flag football at the Center of Anna Maria Island in Anna Maria, the league’s leaders are solid. Rock solid, that is. Solid Rock Electrical is 7-1, while ...

A launch of the Gulf Islands Ferry, which currently has two stops — the Bradenton Riverwalk Pier near downtown Bradenton and the Historic Bridge Street Pier in Bradenton Beach. The Mantee County ...