Call Tropical Storm Claudette a sleeper, having formed Saturday night as we all slept. An area of disturbed weather about 100 miles west-northwest of Anna Maria Island was termed a named storm by the ...

Members of the Bradenton Beach Scenic Highway Committee Corridor Management Entity were surprised two weeks ago to learn that Manatee County planned to build a lifeguard station just east of Coquina ...

Planning is going smoothly for the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 16 and 17, the celebration’s organizing committee was assured at its meeting last week. Plenty of ...

Visitation for Holmes Beach Police Officer Pete Lannon, who died June 1, will be 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at Brown and Sons Funeral Home, 604 43rd St. W., Bradenton. A funeral Mass will be ...

To highlight the end the year at the Key Royale Club in Holmes Beach, member Jimmy Livanos notched a hole-in-one. He aced the ...

Christopher Tittel, communication director for the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County said Jan. 6 in an email to […] ...

Anna Maria Mayor Mark Short reached out to The Islander by email Jan. 5 to share information with the newspaper’s readers on ...

As the year came to an end, the Florida Bahamas Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, based in Chicago, assumed all ...

Boaters and water enthusiasts can rejoice as Manatee County has reopened the boat ramps that were impacted by recent storms.

Vegetative debris that was picked up from homes and businesses in Holmes Beach after a hit two hurricanes — Helene on Sept.

A resolution was reached last November in a court case involving island developer Shawn Kaleta allegedly driving under the ...