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 ...

While Anna Maria is saving about $50,000 a year by outsourcing its building official position and paying for just part-time help, it’s not really getting the maximum level of service, current building ...

Beverly Madden, visiting Holmes Beach for the first time for a month from Hyde Park, Vt., said just days ago she could walk out the Manatee Beach pier and watch folks fish, but now she can't walk ...

Mark Koenigs listens last week to testimony at his trial for the shooting of Holmes Beach businesswoman Sue Normand at her Island store. islander Photos: Courtesy Bradenton Herald, photographer Brian ...

Six women under the age of 21 were issued trespass warnings from D.Coy Ducks, 5410 Marina Drive, May 21 for drinking at the establishment. According to the Holmes Beach Police report, officers ...

A vehicle accident on Key Royale Drive Monday forced emergency personnel to close the road for much of the morning. A gold convertible crashed into an electric pole in the 600 block of Key Royale ...

Editor’s Note: Photographer Gene Page raced to the scene of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster May 9, 1980, shortly after the Summit Venture struck the western span. The following is an account of ...

Cortez Trailer Park owner Harry Howey Sr. with daughter Kathie Howey Harris addresses the residents about their co-op venture, "It's about preserving for the future." A small group of residents ...

At extreme low tide, boaters and conservation officials get a glimpse of what was once a vibrant wildlife habitat - Passage Key. Gulf storms, most recently the 2005 storms, have taken a toll on ...

Islanders interested in building a new home or condominium project in any of the three Island cities might do well to look into the costs of permits and fees. Depending on which city you build in and ...

It's too bad saltwater fish don't go for worms. If they did, Holmes Beach canals would be a fisherman's paradise, considering the "big can of worms" the city study of canals has unearthed. In fact, ...