Manatee County leaders have signed off on buying a 93-acre property in Parrish with plans to prevent flooding, protect rare habitat from development and create a public park. The property sits along ...

Calliope, as she is known, was found orphaned in 2021 in Cayo Costa, FWC says. She was too young to survive on her own, so Calliope spent the next three years being raised at zoos, including Zoo Tampa ...

Former MLB All-Star Dee Strange-Gordon is the guest speaker at the 2024-25 Sarasota-Manatee High School Sports Awards show on ...

One Stop Housing’s proposal at Forest Cove features a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments in two, ...

Maxwell: Hundreds of manatees have starved to death in Florida waters, due to pollution. A federal job says Florida didn’t do ...

Manatee County bought property on Gamble Creek to add to a growing portfolio of properties planned for wetlands mitigation ...

Authorities say the remains may belong to 87-year-old Paul Sargent. The medical examiner will use DNA analysis to confirm the ...

Manatee County officials are considering charging residents a new stormwater fee to reduce widespread flooding issues. The fee would add millions to the budget for cleaning canals and waterways and ...

Free block party, parade, boat show, and big laughs — here’s what’s happening this weekend around Sarasota and Manatee counties, April 25-27.

A very small, orphaned manatee calf is headed to Orlando for rehabilitation after being rescued Tuesday by concerned boaters ...