Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state of Florida has violated the federal ...

A judge ruled that Florida violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing wastewater discharges into the Indian River Lagoon ...

Cue the 2025 legislative session, and the fix was in: Buried in the governor’s proposed annual budget is a provision to gift ...

Some residents say developers and home builders have not done enough to reduce the dust blowing from their construction sites ...

Officials are inviting friends, classmates, neighbors of fallen vets to contribute input to the interactive memorial by ...

Following up on a suspension of the Manatee Republican Executive Committee last year, the Florida GOP has hand-selected a new Manatee REC board.

They'll work on around 200 sites identified as challenging, removing fallen trees, limbs and brush clogging critical drainage systems ahead of any storms.

Tropical storm Debby brought flooding that had never been seen in many parts of Manatee County. Hurricanes Helene and Milton didn’t help.

While county commissioners work toward limiting development, their options to do so could be limited by the state.

Fired rangers at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Florida got their jobs back, but manatee fans and local ...

A St. Pete man who was taking a video of a few motorcyclists who were driving erratically, was suddenly shot at by one of ...

The father of one of three women killed in a deadly Lake County crash last weekend is speaking about a viral video that the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) has said will be part of its investigation ...