To find the true culprit, Tomasko's team is deploying DNA-based tracking methods across four locations five times this summer ...

A new report identified fecal contamination issues at Palma Sola that made the beach potentially unsafe for swimming multiple times last year.

Manatee County commissioners will return to the dais this week for the first time since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced D.O.G.E. audit.

A Manatee County beach known for frequent fecal bacteria advisories has fallen between the cracks of various jurisdictions for years, but an upcoming study aims to solve the mystery of the cause ...

His job title is beach rake operator for Manatee County seven days a week. “Filling in this hole,” he explained. Recently he has seen more holes at Manatee County’s beaches.

Manatee County officials are starting the Cortez boat ramp project with a blank slate. Just north of the Cortez Bridge, the ...

This nesting season is happening while Pinellas County starts its beach renourishment project. And the lasting effects from ...

Keep Manatee Beautiful is looking for 300 volunteers to help plant sea oats along the dunes of Anna Maria Island in an effort ...

Eleven people in Florida, including one in Manatee County, have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating" ...