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 ...

This photo shows the location of the former Trader Jack's restaurant, now being offered for $25 million by Mike Norman Realty of Holmes Beach. islander Photo: Jack Elka Got a spare $25 million sitting ...

Anna Maria Elementary principal Tom Levengood, school counselor Cindi Harrison, Holmes Beach Police Lt. Dale Stephenson and Officer Brian Copeman face concerned parents at a meeting called by ...

Beachgoers on the northern part of Anna Maria Island last week were treated with a barrage of seaweed that washed ashore, creating an unpleasant smell and souring the look of the beach. islander Photo ...

"Our ‘dirty little secret' is that you don't go to Manatee County's beaches on holiday weekends. The county needs to wake up." That comment from Bradenton Beach Mayor John Chappie comes in the wake of ...

A St. Bernard Catholic Church priest has come under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct in Fort Myers 15 years ago. Islanders learned of the allegation against the Rev. Jean Ronald Joseph last ...

At the dais Nov. 19, from left, Commissioners Gary McMullen, Charlie Salem, Chris Arendt and Kathleen Morgan and Mayor Mark Short begin their meeting with recognition and honors for former Mayor Dan ...

Anna Maria city commissioners last week readjusted the vision set forth in a city plan for the future and then voted to send their revisions to the state for a second opinion. The final unanimous vote ...

Bradenton Beach city clerk Nora Idso remains on medical leave at city hall. She is recovering from surgery she underwent earlier this month. Earlier this year, Idso suffered what appeared to be a ...

Anna Maria city commissioners were greeted by a full house at the Feb. 12 hearing on changes to the city's retail-office-residential ordinance. islander Photo: Bonner Joy In what was expected to be ...

Election Day has shaken up the Holmes Beach City Commission. Of the four candidates who ran in the Nov. 4 election for three ...

The 16th Annual Carl Balck GMC Sarasota Blues Fest will be at the Ed Smith Stadium, 2700 12th St., Sarasota, Oct. 28. Headlining the show is Gregg Allman, who has roots to Anna Maria Island, as well ...