A proposed cruise ship terminal in Manatee County could have another obstacle to overcome. A bill in the legislature would limit dredging needed for larger ships at the mouth of Tampa Bay.

On Wednesday, Senator Jim Boyd (R-Manatee) filed an amendment to a coastal resiliency bill that would expand dredging protections over the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve, an area recently targeted for ...

A water main break in downtown Bradenton is causing traffic delays on Manatee Avenue, city officials said Thursday morning. 15th Street West is closed between Sixth Avenue West and Seventh Avenue West ...

City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard an unusual chirping under a road on Feb. 9 while doing routine work, and thought it could be coming from rats. Instead, they discovered a 7-foot-long ...

A Florida lawmaker filed legislation to bolster environmental protections of the waters around the site of a proposed cruise port in Manatee County.

State Sen. Jim Boyd said his new proposal is “another tool in the toolbox” to protect the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve.

Commissioners want to cut the millage, and the state wants to cut property taxes. So what can residents live without?