The West Manatee Fire Rescue District and its staff continue to rack up awards. WMFR announced via an Oct. 27 news release ...

Holmes Beach voters on Nov. 4 elected three people to serve two-year terms on the city commission. There were four candidates for three seats — incumbents ...

Election season brought out some shady behavior in Holmes Beach. Heading into election week, HBPD Chief Bill Tokajer told The ...

Capt. David White says fishing the beach bite is “where it’s at.” He says mackerel are prevalent around areas with structure ...

The Manatee County Tourist Development Council endorsed spending nearly $400,000 in tourist revenue to help fund multimodal ...

The permitting process to rebuild the Rod & Reel Pier in Anna Maria has begun. Owner Oliver “Oli” Lemke and Jack Walter of ...

Basketball, soccer lead at center; winners at KRC and AM pits - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Anna Maria Elementary fifth-grader Savanna Scardina poses Oct. 28 with Holmes Beach Police Chief Bill Tokajer and HBPD Officer Christine LaBranche, AME’s school resource officer, on winning the ...

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Jason Hall carves into a clean wave Oct. 30 off the three piers area of Cortez Beach in Bradenton Beach. Higher-than-usual ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short weighed in Oct. 31 by email with news that the city is meeting with its swale project contractor, debris hauling vendors, ...

From June through September, Manatee County hosted an estimated 685,100 visitors. Isiah Lewis, director of client relations for Downs & St. Germain ...