Pythons edged out sea-level rise on the threat-assessment level by one noted environmental scientist. Meg Lowman is director of environmental initiatives and a professor of biology at New College in ...

Greg Oberhofer, the owner of Quality Builders of Holmes Beach Inc., 5500-A Marina Drive, has been arrested on a charge of misappropriation of construction funds, a second-degree felony. Oberhofer was ...

State law is changing. And the city of Holmes Beach is trying to keep up. Chad Minor, the city’s director of development, presented planning commissioners ...

The 16th Annual Carl Balck GMC Sarasota Blues Fest will be at the Ed Smith Stadium, 2700 12th St., Sarasota, Oct. 28. Headlining the show is Gregg Allman, who has roots to Anna Maria Island, as well ...

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 ...

Manatee County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Russell Schnering, a former marine and the supervisor of mCSO’s marine unit, steers a boat Oct. 9 into the water from the Coquina Beach South Boat ramp. Schnering ...

Bradenton Beach is courting new legal counsel. City commissioners on Oct. 7 interviewed attorneys Erica Augello and Robert ...

The sixth annual Suzi Fox Turtle Watch Wednesday will bring together residents and visitors for an evening of conservation ...

Drift-In AMI owners Derek and Helena Williams stand with a statue of baseball legend Babe Ruth — a onetime owner of the ...

Onlookers gather Oct. 8 outside Island Grub Restaurant as a 1920 cottage that had been at 106 Willow Ave. rolls along on Pine ...

The Anna Maria Post Office is back in action. Interim postmaster Kristen Gray told The Islander Oct. 7 that the office’s 101B ...

October, the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage was hurrying to put the finishing touches on grant-funded ...