Visitors to Anna Maria Island arriving this week without a reservation may have to scramble to find lodging. Only a few Island accommodation owners and managers surveyed last week reported any ...

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 ...

The nagging red tide outbreak that has plagued Southwest Florida for months flared up again over the weekend. Dead fish and the accompanying smell as well as respiratory complaints were persistent ...

Toni Lyon of Holmes Beach caught this 130-plus tarpon while fishing on vacation in Costa Rica in May. Little man, big fish Zack Guerin, 12, of Anna Maria, hooked up tarpon Memorial Day weekend while ...

The Florida Department of Transportation last week in a letter to the Manatee County Commission stood by an earlier claim (The islander, May 9) that there is no need to reduce the speed limit on the ...

NextG wireless communications company indicated last week that its equipment is similar to a small panel attached to an existing utility pole and looks nothing like the cell tower at Smith Realtors on ...

It started last April with a beach cleanup for some college students who reside on Anna Maria Island and their friends. They ...

My daughter passed away 10 years ago and my wonderful friends purchased a memorial bench with a plaque from the city of ...

Use caution when navigating local waters to avoid debris, find fish - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, ...

Action in the 8-10 division kicked off Nov. 5 with La Creperie cruising past The Fish Guy Aquarium Services 6-0 behind a hat ...

Cortez Trailer Park owner Harry Howey Sr. with daughter Kathie Howey Harris addresses the residents about their co-op venture, "It's about preserving for the future." A small group of residents ...

More than 100 species of birds - including wood storks - can be found at Robinson Preserve. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony, visitors to Robinson Preserve see the park by wagon tour. A kayaker ...