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, ...

A judge says Florida needs to seek what is known as an "incidental take permit" from federal wildlife officials to help minimize the effects of discharges on manatees.

Amid an environmental threat to manatees in Florida, a federal district judge ruled the state violated the Endangered Species ...

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 ...

Florida land boom. But false advertising and natural disasters thwarted many settlers' visions of striking it rich in the land of sunshine ...

Going out to eat? See which Sarasota and Manatee County restaurants were rated best by inspectors, and which failed the test.

The Anna Maria City Pier has been shut down since it was split in two by Hurricane Milton last year. Despite the closure, ...