U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge K. Robert May last Friday gave financially troubled GSR Development LLC of Anna Maria Island approval to proceed with its proposed sale of its Villa Rosa property ...

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 ...

The roof of this two-story apartment building in Town & Country Perico was destroyed as fire sparked by a lightning strike spread across the roof and through the attic while more than a dozen ...

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 ...

The race for the three Anna Maria City Commission seats up for election Nov. 3 is being called the “most important election in this city in 30 years” by several of the candidates. Like it or not, the ...

Holmes Beach city commissioners at their Jan. 10 meeting agreed that a discrepancy between the city’s 1989 future land use map and the zoning between the Anna Maria Elementary School and the former ...

Fishing has slowed down a bit in the past few days, although there are still excellent snapper and grouper catches coming out of the Gulf of Mexico in less than 100 feet of water. Backwater action is ...

Confirming the opinion of many accommodation owners and rental agents on Anna Maria Island, tourism to the Island was up nearly 20 percent in December, compared with the same month in 2008. According ...

The post-storm recovery process is in full swing — again — for the city of Holmes Beach. The city reopened to everyone Oct.

Fishing in general has been following typical winter-time patterns, with sheepshead being the best bets. Trout season opened up as of the first of the year, and there are already some good reports ...

The humpback bridge on 127th Street West off Cortez Road will close April 7 for 90 to 120 days to allow construction crews to renovate and raise its height an additional 2.5 feet above the high-water ...