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

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.

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

Members of the Bradenton Beach Scenic Highway Committee Corridor Management Entity were surprised two weeks ago to learn that Manatee County planned to build a lifeguard station just east of Coquina ...

This "incinerated" boat caught fire early Sunday morning in the Sunrise boat basin in Holmes Beach. islander Photo: Courtesy WMFR The wood on the new finger docks in the Sunrise Basin in Holmes Beach ...

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 ...

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 ...

Emergency planners issued hurricane and tropical storm watches for the Florida Keys and South Florida, including Anna Maria Island. As of 10 a.m. Sunday, a hurricane watch was in effect for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anna Maria beaches might not be included in Manatee County’s planned 2011-12 beach renourishment project - or at least one section of the city’s eroded beach areas - if County Commissioner Ron ...