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 ...

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 ...

The mullet are running and castnetters are cashing in, though nothing like they hope to do as the season goes on. With an unusually early start, the big run of the fish will end in early January, ...

Nate Davis of Plant City caught this 32-inch-long redfish while fishing with Capt. Tom Chaya aboard the Dolphin Dreams. Capt. Waldo Pardue, of Holmes Beach, caught this wahoo while on a fishing trip ...

The sign on the door of AMI Fitness at 5417 Marina Drive in Holmes Beach was posted at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 9 advising members that the center was "closed for reorganization," but would reopen "ASAP." ...

A Coast Guard training exercise turned into a repair job March 25, when a crew landed its helicopter on the beach in Anna Maria after getting a warning of a rotor problem. islander Photos: Lisa Neff A ...

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men May 3 suspected of beating a former Anna Maria commissioner and robbing the home she shares with its owner. Linda Cramer was attacked at about 4 ...

The cries of "no comment" resounding from Bradenton Beach city officials and staff are creating quite a buzz among residents in the wake of two city officials being put on unexpected leave. Building ...

Workers with Billy Hay Excavating were busy last week removing Australian pine trees from Cortez Beach in preparation of a multi-use trail that will be constructed from Fifth Street South to the ...

Going condo? Owners of the White Sands Resort in Holmes Beach say a conversion of the property from motel to condominium units could be the only answer to their ever-increasing property taxes.

The Beach Inn resort on 66th Street and the Tidemark property adjacent to the Wachovia Bank, both in Holmes Beach, have been sold to Mainsail AMI Beach Inn LLP. The Beach Inn sold for $6 million, ...

The dredge that arrived last week to begin renourishment of the Island’s beaches moved to safer waters in Tampa Bay near the northern end of the Island, where calm folks fished away the day. islander ...