A wildlife advocacy group has won a landmark manatee protection case, forcing Florida to scrutinize sewage problems in the northern Indian River Lagoon ...

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

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

Manatee County has ramped up their efforts to clear out canals as county contractors race against the clock to get as much ...

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 ...

Launching from Bradenton Beach, the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program and Southwest Florida Water Management District went on a science expedition to check on the health of seagrass beds in Sarasota Bay. A ...

Brianne Brown provides a "Watch Stander" training at Manatee County's Emergency Operations Center March 26. Photo by Lesley Dwyer The rate of veteran suicide in Florida is 2.5 times higher than ...

Complaints about blinding dust storms in Manatee County are not ... Lesley Dwyer is a staff writer for East County and a graduate of the University of South Florida. After earning a bachelor ...

TOWN OF COLTON, N.Y. (WWTI) – New York State Department of Transportation officials have offered an update on the reopening status of a St. Lawrence County roadway ... There was a massive sinkhole ...

A Manatee County man is accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend for days and beating her children. After the victim managed to escape, she said Anthony Reyes-Enos, 22, sent her several pictures ...

As spring arrives and water temperatures rise, manatees are beginning their seasonal dispersal from warm-water refuges, prompting the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to issue a ...