Last month, the City of Sarasota was recognized by Smart Cities Connect with an international award for its Smart City ...

Bradenton and Palmetto are considering more intense coastline development while Sarasota and Manatee counties struggle with flooding concerns.

Sipping a cold beer on a beautiful afternoon while watching the sun glisten on Sarasota Bay, everything seemed almost right in the world. I would return from a fabulous staycation on Tuesday to ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) – Sarasota police believe a local doctor charged with sexual battery could have other victims. Dr. Stephen Feig was the Brain Wave Center’s medical director, but has ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — A Sarasota mother whose two young kids were killed in a hit-and-run crash in February has died. Taeler Joy Bennett, 29, had been in critical condition since the evening of Feb ...

Atala Hall is the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus's first residential hall. An emergency meeting of faculty and administrators was held Thursday, but it did not assuage fears among some USF professors.

It raised the base flood elevation for most of that area from 6 feet to 7 feet, according to the flood zone map. That means any new construction project in the zone must have a ground floor ...

We're really looking forward to starting this map in Sarasota." The pair first met as owners of property management franchises in Colorado. In 2019, Christman sold her franchise to Guidi and moved ...

Homeowners have started to feel the impact of the newly issued Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood maps. Some Sarasota County ... above the 16-foot base elevation.

Maintain the status quo, or give property owners more flexibility when it comes to freeboard? That was one of the Longboat Key Town Commission’s main topics at the March 4 regular meeting.

SARASOTA, Fla ... FEMA’s previous FIRM maps only had two coastal flood zones. VE Zones where the flood elevation includes wave heights equal to or greater than 3-feet and AE Zones where ...

(WWSB) - New Sarasota County flood insurance rate maps will take effect in Sarasota ... VE Zones where the flood elevation includes wave heights equal to or greater than 3-feet and AE Zones ...