The 2025 stone crab season is off to a sluggish start for the working waterfront of Cortez, where crabbers and market owners ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short emailed The Islander Oct. 17, saying there was “not much new news this week.” Short was in ...

Cortez’s Florida Maritime Museum remains far from reopening, with Manatee County officials acknowledging that restoration ...

People stroll Pine Avenue in Anna Maria during Bayfest, held Oct. 18 and presented by the Anna Maria Island Chamber of ...

Cool weather settles in, migratory fishing action heats up - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Competition continues at center pitch, KRC links and AM pits - Read this weeks Sprts News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

With sea turtle nesting winding down across the state, the  Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released its ...

Community members soon may be able to help test for PFAs in the Gulf and bay waters and in marine life. Holmes Beach Clean ...

Anna Maria Island’s lone election this November will feature four candidates campaigning for three city commission seats in ...

The 2025 stone crab season is off to a sluggish start for the working waterfront of Cortez, where crabbers and […] ...

A Cortez man was cleared of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a judge ruled that he acted in lawful self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission the week ending Oct. 19 reported the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, at background concentrations ...