Over 1,400 acres of Manatee County land are set to be protected from development after county leaders agreed to contribute $2 million for their conservation. Manatee County Government is partnering ...

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. (WFLA) — Residents forced to evacuate their Manatee County homes due to the storm returned Tuesday to find they had lost everything. “We are devastated. We are in shock. We don’t ...

Both Manatee and Sarasota counties are offering County residents an early chance to get sandbags that could be needed during the hurricane season. Manatee is offering early sandbag drive-thru sandbag ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the state budget Monday and sent over $100 million in funding to Manatee County, including money toward key infrastructure projects and the reconstruction of the iconic Anna ...

TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of wastewater discharges into the ...