The Manatee Belle will have 35 seats inside and about 40 outside, air conditioning, and will allow quicker travel back and ...

Anna Maria Island remains under a curfew with access limited to residents, business owners and first responders. Hurricane Helene ravaged Manatee County’s barrier island as it twisted through the Gulf ...

Manatee County Sheriff’s marine deputies came across a shark in distress while patrolling off Manatee Public Beach on Jan. 9, ...

One by one, new pilings are being installed as the City of Anna Maria Island works to build back the city pier, which has ...

The most photographed spot on Florida’s Anna Maria Island, if not second to photos of the sun setting over the Gulf of Mexico, may be the Old City Jail. The rough stone structure is graffitied with ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. — With Hurricane Milton on the horizon, a local police chief on Anna Maria Island warns death could be imminent for anyone refusing evacuation orders. “If you're, for lack of a better ...

Work continues on the Anna Maria Pier after being damaged by both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton — it adds to the ...

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The pier—which was built in 1911—is currently being restored after sustaining major damage from the 2024 hurricane season. It ...

HOLMES BEACH, Fla. — A curfew has been implemented for all three cities on Anna Maria Island after Hurricane Helene left a severe storm surge and flooding throughout the Tampa Bay area. According to ...

Anna Maria Island residents are boarding windows, piling sandbags outside their doors and tossing their belongings into their cars haphazardly. Again. An unwelcome sense of deja vu has settled over ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. (WFLA) — Manatee County has new rules at the beach. An ordinance is aimed at preventing people from digging huge holes in the sand. Kristen Mazzarella with Anna Maria Island Turtle ...