A new batch of commissioners campaigned on slowing growth that some residents feel is happening too fast, especially in East ...

School District of Manatee County employees , Stacy Freeman and Suzanne Theiss, honored this week at the 2025 Excellence in ...

ZooTampa hit the ground running this year with their marathon of manatee releases and they haven’t slowed down.

As temperatures drop, Florida’s manatees face dangerous conditions with some developing cold stress, a potentially deadly ...

Seven agents and their teams closed more than $100 million in real estate in Sarasota and Manatee counties in 2024.

Manatee County is growing at a record pace. Commissioners are focused on bringing back wetland protections cut in 2023.

Walt Disney World is making changes at EPCOT to help Florida’s manatee population. “The Seas with Nemo and Friends” has been ...

Mino was rescued in June from the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County at just 55 pounds. Mino came from SeaWorld Florida and ...

Ashley Benefield remains jailed during appeal of her manslaughter conviction for shooting her estranged husband in 2020.

EPCOT has two new manatees, but they won’t be here as long as their beloved predecessors, for a very good reason.

The Initiative was started back in 2018, spearheaded by the Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation alongside the Sarasota ...