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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

While summer officially arrived June 21, sports on the Island is in the “chill” mode. So off we go to a Major League Baseball game. The Tampa Bay Rays won another exciting game June 21 with a ...

The long-awaited replacement of the Key Royale Bridge should begin next spring, according to representatives from the Florida Department of Transportation. The big question, though, is just how much ...

Olga Ippedico, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church’s council chair, and the Rev. Rosemary Backer, speak to members about wind insurance for the Holmes Beach church. The church’s bill for 2007 is $42,167, more ...

When the fishing boots aren’t covered with mud, slime and blood, something’s wrong in Cortez. Linda Molto had been noticing that with all the added fishing regulations and a slumping economy, the ...

Island Little Leaguers with dreams of hitting long balls will have a longer drive to get to the ballpark this spring. The Anna Maria Island Little League board resigned recently. Parents and league ...

The wife of a man who drowned near Longboat Pass July 4 has filed a wrongful death suit in Manatee County Circuit Court. Jose H. Medina, 30, of Deltona, drowned while operating a personal watercraft ...