The Florida Department of Health in Manatee County is lifting the advisory that has been in effect since September 2024 for high bacterial levels at Palma ...

Please, make a wish come true. The holidays are the time to take an extra moment to give someone a smile or send a greeting pause to give a quiet hug or words of praise.

Contrary to NFL, football just getting started on AMI - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Cold weather dominates fishing, and bite is good - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Holmes Beach city commissioners gave consensus at their June 28 meeting to have the three Island mayors draft language for a non-binding referendum on the November elections ballot on Island ...

Dr. Ernest Estevez is the keeper of all lore nautical in our part of the world. For more than three decades he has practiced his craft at Mote Marine Laboratory, publishing scores of technical papers ...

As stories go, this definitely is one, and it's got all the elements of a made-for-TV movie. There's adventure, romance, tragic death, a miraculous escape and a surprise ending. It's even got ...

State Rep. Ron Reagan, an insurance agent who represents clients from an office in eastern Manatee County, says that legislators are "political animals" who will look for solutions to the state ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

Nate Davis of Plant City caught this 32-inch-long redfish while fishing with Capt. Tom Chaya on the Dolphin Dreams out of Holmes Beach. Anthony Manali and fiancée JoAnn Fumerelle, both of Anna Maria ...

All three of the island's cities participate in the voluntary community rating system, a part of the federal flood insurance program. But only Anna Maria City has achieved enough points to qualify for ...

Holmes Beach Founders Day would grow in 2010 under a partnership between the city and the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce. “The chamber has agreed to help us put together next year’s Founders ...