In Anna Maria, the mayor is on vacation and Vice Mayor Charlie Salem, chairman of the commission, filled The Islander in on ...

Manatee County commissioners took the bait at a meeting loaded with supporters of a Cortez institution damaged by the 2024 ...

With her photographer background, she is a natural for the multimedia journalist position. She shoots, writes, and edits all of her stories. Born and raised in Anna Maria, Florida, she realized her ...

Education: University of Notre Dame, BA in political science and economics María Luisa Paúl is a reporter on The Washington Post's Morning Mix team. Paúl hails from Caracas, Venezuela. She ...

Are they reopening? 19 Sarasota-area restaurants, resorts, and shops temporarily or permanently closed due to damage from ...

Anna Maria Island -- located midway between Sarasota and Tampa, but a world apart from either – continues to recover from ...

Manatee County is set to receive a grant worth over $250 million to bounce back from disaster impacts following catastrophic ...

The Glazer Family, owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers awarded three small businesses with tickets to Super Bowl LIX.

Residents turned out in support of Annie's Bait & Tackle shop in Cortez following purchase of the Seafood Shack property by Manatee County.

Rock concerts, especially ones produced on short notice, can be rife with challenges and obstacles. This one, to raise money for local hospitality workers battered by storms, came together nicely.

The Gulf Islands Ferry in Manatee County will no longer stop in the city of Anna Maria until city pier repairs are complete.

Many knew Annie's as a slice of Olde Florida on the Anna Maria sound. "We had signs everywhere. We had Christmas lights as ...