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Snook season ended April 30 and Anna Maria Island anglers are sliding right into the next best thing: Tarpon season. The indicators are apparent as the lovebugs have arrived in force and the royal ...

This Mother’s Day weekend on Florida’s Gulf Coast, some mothers will be laboring under cover of darkness, crawling ashore, digging deep into sand and slipping back into the Gulf before sunrise after ...

In Southwest Florida for the week ending May 3, K. brevis, the red tide organism, was observed at background concentrations offshore of Pinellas and ...

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An angler fishes from a boat April 29 near the T-end of the Anna Maria City Pier, where Tampa Bay Marine employees work to ...

Some Bradenton Beach police officers signaled opposition to unionizing in a letter to city officials while a Change.org ...

Motherhood often extends beyond a single household, playing out in school hallways and through a network of families who rely on one another. For Jen Serra, a mother of three and president of the Anna ...

The Manatee County Tourist Development Council heard encouraging tourism numbers for March at its April 27 meeting, with high occupancy and millions in visitor spending, though researchers warned that ...

Horseshoe ‘walker’ takes all, plus soccer, golf, skimming - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Last week’s question Ever seen a sea turtle on the beach? Yes, nesting! 22% Yes, during a release or rescue. 9% No, but saw some tracks. 23% Never. 46% ...