The Manatee Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has earmarked $5.6 million for a catalytic loan to help develop 156 ...

Democratic lawmakers are attempting to amend the Florida bill to allow local governments to maintain control over water ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Manatee County commissioners voted on whether to stop adding fluoride to the drinking water supply Tuesday. The process is a longstanding practice throughout the country, ...

Commissioners in Manatee County plan to vote Tuesday on whether to permanently remove fluoride from drinking water – a practice that leaders recently learned has been suspended since 2021 due to ...

It started with one commissioner asking questions. That opened up a whole new can of worms when commissioners, and then the public, found out the machine that ...

It started with one commissioner asking questions. That opened up a whole new can of worms when commissioners, and then the public, found out the machine that fluoridates the water in manatee county ...

"I would do this for Manatee County, if you choose, in 2026. I'll work hard for an appropriation from the Florida legislature, which has now five previous times provided incentive for public ...

Complaints about blinding dust storms in Manatee County are not ... Lesley Dwyer is a staff writer for East County and a graduate of the University of South Florida. After earning a bachelor ...

A Manatee County man is accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend for days and beating her children. After the victim managed to escape, she said Anthony Reyes-Enos, 22, sent her several pictures ...

As spring arrives and water temperatures rise, manatees are beginning their seasonal dispersal from warm-water refuges, prompting the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to issue a ...