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Hurricane Ian still hitting hard in Manatee County

Happy New Year! Some wishes for a better 2023 in Manatee County

Week in review: Holiday greetings and a few stocking stuffers. (And what the heck is going on in Ft. Lauderdale?)

Weekly new COVID-19 cases hit three-month high in Manatee

Week in review: It was a good week for real estate developers in Manatee County

Week in Review: DeSoto Square mall apartment proposal, Manatee County's plan to rebuild roads, red tide and Vern Buchanan's future

Developer wants to build apartments at old DeSoto Square mall in Bradenton

Week in review: Manatee beaches losing their sand, Baugh spinning on vaccinegate and county government reorganizing

Week in review, Thanksgiving edition: New Manatee commission and school board, Hurricane Ian update and COVID-19 keeps killing

GUEST COLUMN | Everyone needs to keep watch over the new Manatee County Commission

OPINION | Conservatives will dominate new Manatee County Commission. So, what's next?

Manatee County declares state of emergency as Tropical Storm Nicole nears Florida

Cindy Spray wins Manatee School Board race

Amanda Ballard beats Reggie Bellamy in Manatee commission race

Opinion | This is how you should vote on Tuesday

Opinion | Baugh admits to 'vaccinegate.' But proposed punishment falls short

Vanessa Baugh reaches settlement on vaccinegate ethics charges

Opinion | The liars who lead us in Manatee County. We can only blame ourselves

Speaker tells Manatee commissioners to protect county's oak trees and bougainvillea plants

Hurricane Ian hit Manatee County. Here are 2 ways to help those in need

Free food giveaways set for Manatee County

Hurricane Ian is bringing out the best in Americans

How are you doing, Bradenton?

Be safe, Bradenton

Hurricane Ian update | Manatee County under hurricane warning

Hurricane Ian update | Manatee County issues evacuation orders

UPDATE | Manatee County, Tampa Bay under hurricane watch

Where could Ian's storm surge flood Manatee County?

With Ian aiming for Florida, Manatee County declares state of emergency

Week in review: Good and bad Manatee High teachers + Bradenton Beach brakes on paid parking + county park's condition draws complaints + was gator story a tall tale?

Guest Column | How the U.S. Constitution impacts you and local government

Week in review: ADL calls out extremist hate in Florida + Bradenton's top cop cleared + Manatee teachers getting a raise + free bus rides + airport fights new apartment complex

VOTE | Should new Manatee County park be named after Florida governor?

Hopes says Whitmore's accusations are 'misinformation and false statements'

'I know how vindictive you are.' Whitmore email lists complaints about Manatee County Administrator Hopes

Week in review: Lena Road land for sale + Bradenton City Hall for sale + dirty text message + will Confederate insurrection monument rise again? + beware the alligators

Ex-commissioner says 'something is rotten' in Manatee County government

Opinion | Is Manatee County Commission about to bring back the Confederate insurrection monument?

Manatee middle school's lesson goes viral after it leans into 2020 election's 'big lie'

Week in review: Bradenton police controversy + county office renovations + Lakewood Ranch expansion + Buchanan vs. the White House

Manatee County animal shelters are full. Is there room in your home — and your heart — for a new pet?

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County drop for 4th straight week, state says

So you won a Manatee County election by a landslide. What's next?

DeSantis-backed candidates dominate in Manatee School Board elections

Jason Bearden, Mike Rahn closer to joining Manatee County Commission after big GOP primary wins

Week in review: Red tide and your health + more 'sunshine' trouble for Manatee County + COVID-19 deaths climb + book bans in Sarasota schools

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COVID-19 death toll in Manatee-Sarasota tops 3,300

Rainwater release from Piney Point expected to start this weekend

OPINION | Upset with direction of Manatee County government? Vote

Union says Bradenton police chief conducted illegal search

Manatee School District drops plan to hire ex-Sarasota superintendent who resigned after sexual harassment scandal

Week in review: Our water at risk + another COVID school year + Servia says dirty trick is 'hate crime' + county fires Coquina Beach organizer + vaccinegate witness 'let go'

Commissioner Servia files 'hate crime' complaint after text message links her to fake LGBTQ group

COVID response heats up Manatee commission races. Here are some facts

Week in review: Baugh gets a new court date + Bearden, Whitmore launch air war + school meals more expensive + $200M price tag for Piney Point closure + year 1 for the Journal

UPDATED | Manatee commissioners want to celebrate the end of the right to have an abortion. Can they do that?

UPDATED | Manatee Commission to consider letting employees conceal and carry guns at work

Manatee leaders want to declare 'Victory for Life Day' after women lose right to have an abortion

Week in review: Following the 'dark' money in campaign + Lena Road property is for sale + the latest COVID-19 deaths + new Mote aquarium moves forward + alligators are biting

Manatee-Sarasota developers funding committees behind attack ads in Whitmore-Bearden race

UPDATE | Manatee Commissioner Vanessa Baugh wins delay in vaccinegate ethics hearing

Week in review: Anna Maria Island beach parking + DeSoto Square mall's new owner + charges fly in Servia-Rahn race + lifeguard shortage + Manatee-Sarasota's dangerous streets

Big GOP donor from Alabama gave $550,000 to political committee attacking Servia on new website

PAC behind anti-Mike Rahn ad shares donors with Misty Servia's campaign

Week in review: Race baiting in Manatee election + Cortez real estate deals turn sour + guns and county government + the high cost of housing + Holmes Beach parking fight + dirty Tampa Bay oysters

Manatee Commissioner Servia threatens to sue over political attacks that she called DeSantis a 'racist'

This 4th of July, a mass shooter steals another piece of our freedom

Manatee Commissioner Kruse was 'under the influence' after crash, court document says

Week in review: Abortion in Manatee County + county clerk blocks potential COVID aid fraud + Baugh defends Proud Boys + Manatee school district plans for growth + 'micro forests' in Manatee

Premature judgment of Kruse? + the fight over election signs + Herald-Tribune makes its case in court + beach parking feud flares up + longer Bradenton Riverwalk almost ready

State attorney's office files DUI charge against Manatee Commissioner George Kruse

Accusations fly in Whitmore-Bearden race after incumbent commissioner admits taking yard signs

Congressman Vern Buchanan endorses Manatee Commissioner Carol Whitmore for re-election

Weekly number of new COVID-19 cases in Manatee County dips slightly

Week in review: Herald-Tribune's legal fight + Manatee candidate part of 'Q'? + more 'affordable' apartments for Bradenton + Juneteenth events + Bentley the dog

Week in review: What to do about guns? + more Manatee commission drama + homelessness rises in Manatee + newest high school growing + COVID level drops

COVID-19 in Manatee County tops 100,000 cases since start of pandemic

Week in review: Tropical trouble + DeSantis OKs buying Rattlesnake Key + Manatee County rejects circus plans + CDC says COVID is 'high' in Manatee + George Kruse 'joins' the media

CDC to Manatee County residents: Wear a mask because of 'high' levels of COVID-19

Gas prices in Bradenton-Sarasota hit new record high

You are at 'high' risk of catching COVID-19 in most of Tampa Bay. Manatee County is an exception

GUEST COLUMN | Tips for better mental health

Week in review | Manatee County drama: You voted for this + 'DeSantis Park' coming to Manatee + new Palmetto pool to open + COVID deaths climb + AMI banks on summer tourism

COVID-19 death toll in Manatee-Sarasota continues to climb

GUEST COLUMN | It's time for residents to take back Manatee County

Majority of Manatee County Commission sides with Hopes, rejects clerk's criticisms

Manatee County's chief financial officer resigns

Manatee County clerk responds to charge she lost 'millions of taxpayer dollars'

Van Ostenbridge accuses county clerk of playing politics with criticisms of administrator Hopes

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County up for the seventh week in row

Manatee clerk raises 'grave concerns' about how Administrator Scott Hopes is running county government

Week in review: Manatee County loses in court + elections trickery? + baby formula shortage + Sarasota Bay mangroves + new I-75 overpass + more COVID-19 deaths

Write-in candidate limits who will be able to vote in Manatee County Commission race

Is Vanessa Baugh playing politics with naming of new Manatee park?

Week in review: An AMI beach parking solution? + Manatee County's 'bad reputation' + no more red-light cameras? + Parrish man part of Pulitzer Prize + a rock and roll revival at the Bishop

Gas prices in Bradenton-Sarasota set new record high

More COVID-19 deaths reported in Manatee-Sarasota

Bradenton-area gas prices climbing toward new record high

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County up for fifth straight week

Week in review: George Kruse bodycam video + labor trouble at Bradenton PD + Manatee reacts to SCOTUS leak on abortion + feed the hungry + Bradenton is for pet lovers

Marchers rally in Bradenton in support of abortion rights

COVID-19 death toll in Manatee-Sarasota tops 3,100

Manatee County reacts to report that Supreme Court is ready to overturn Roe v. Wade

Week in review: Piney Point's damage + Trump opens up shop in Sarasota + COVID's death toll + beach access closed + recycling changes in Bradenton + Manatee-Sarasota's generosity

COVID-19 death toll in Manatee County tops 1,300, CDC says

Manatee Commissioner Vanessa Baugh, who faces ethics charges, wants county to adopt 'code of ethics'

GUEST COLUMN | Manatee County takes steps to address homelessness crisis

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County triple in less than a month

Week in review: Manatee rejects new seawalls + Neighborhood cleanups + Care Net declines funding + Buchanan, Steube avoid primary battle + Hispanic leader honored

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan announces re-election plans

More COVID-19 deaths reported in Manatee-Sarasota

Crisis pregnancy center declines $100,000 Manatee County grant because of too many strings

Week in review: School board reacts to Saunders scandal + downtown Bradenton library for sale? + Lakewood Ranch residents want to silence SR70 + Holmes Beach adjusts to lower speed limit

COVID-19 keeps killing Manatee-Sarasota residents

Vern Buchanan has been Manatee County's congressman since 2007. That might be about to change

Big jump in new COVID-19 cases reported in Manatee County

Week in review: Behind the scenes at Piney Point + 'transparency' in Manatee government + restaurants closings + SRQ's cancelled flights + Bradenton residents get free laundry service

More COVID-19 deaths reported in Manatee-Sarasota

Rep. Vern Buchanan reports record haul in re-election fund-raising

Week in review: The state of the media in Manatee-Sarasota is no joking matter

Manatee GOP demands schools Superintendent Saunders resign or be fired

UPDATED | 'Vaccinegate' ethics case against Manatee Commissioner Vanessa Baugh goes before a judge in August

More COVID-19 deaths reported in Manatee-Sarasota

More new COVID-19 infections reported in Manatee County

Opinion | Under the cover of darkness, anti-Semitic terrorists again spread lies in Sarasota

Guest Column | Shining a light on the shady business of 'massage parlors' in Manatee County

Week in review: 'Corruption' in Manatee County + COVID milestone + prison 'party' for Parrish insurrectionist + Bradenton photographer tells Ukrainian refugees' stories

COVID-19 death toll hits grim milestone in Manatee-Sarasota

Manatee County inspector general releases report on code enforcement scandal. Read it here

UPDATE | Manatee County Commission OKs $100,000 for crisis pregnancy center

Buchanan calls for more oil drilling. But not near Florida

UPDATE | Proposal to fund Bradenton crisis pregnancy center pulled from commission's meeting agenda

More COVID-19 deaths reported in Manatee-Sarasota

Manatee Schools Superintendent Cynthia Saunders punished in graduation inflation case

Week in review: Gas prices rise + more COVID deaths + new state park in Manatee? + Rumble trouble on Longboat Key + New homes near Lake Manatee

COVID-19 has killed almost 3,000 people in Manatee-Sarasota, CDC says

Bradenton gas prices continue to spike

Gas prices hit a record high in Bradenton-Sarasota

The average price of gas in Bradenton hits $4 a gallon. Are there any places that sell it for less?

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County down to almost pre-omicron surge level

Week in review: Here's one way to open up more parking spaces on Anna Maria Island

23 more COVID-19 deaths reported in Manatee-Sarasota

Air Force veteran Richard Tatem challenging James Golden for Manatee School Board seat

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County drop for sixth straight week

GUEST COLUMN: New park taking shape in South Manatee. You have a chance to name it

Week in review: opioid deaths + Robinson votes against 'Don't Say Gay' + Buchanan on Ukraine + MLB Spring Training remains on hold + big real estate deal on Anna Maria Island

COVID-19 death toll in Manatee-Sarasota surpasses 2,800

Parrish's Adam Johnson deserves time in prison for role in 1/6 insurrection, prosecutors say

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County drop to lowest level in two months

Week in review: COVID-19 deaths near milestone + affordable housing in Bradenton + Holmes Beach lowers speed limit + the best beaches in Manatee-Sarasota

COVID-19 death toll in Manatee County nears 1,200

Hillsborough state representative wants to represent part of Manatee in Florida House

New COVID-19 cases drop for fourth week in a row in Manatee County

Week in review: Development boom + questions about Manatee County administrator's pay raise + COVID-19 deaths rise + Manatee election campaigns take shape

As infections drop, the number of new COVID-19 deaths in Manatee County doubles

Manatee County teachers are getting pay raises

State Rep. Tommy Gregory picks a re-election race Here's what his decision means for Manatee

New Bradenton apartment complex meets need for affordable housing

Florida Legislature has approved new state House and Senate seats. What do new maps mean for Manatee County?

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County drop by more than 22% this week. Pandemic total tops 90,000

Week in review: Spring Training likely delayed + Manatee School District deals with growth + Anna Maria Island developer adds to holdings + County administrator gets a raise

46 new COVID-19 deaths reported in Manatee-Sarasota

Another big weekly drop in new COVID-19 cases in Manatee. Test positivity rate stays high

Weekly roundup: Retired educator joins school board race + opioid lawsuit settlement + COVID-19 update + riverfront mansion is for sale + romantic places to eat in Bradenton

Manatee County could get as much as $30 million from opiod lawsuit settlement

COVID-19 has killed another 10 Manatee County residents, CDC says

12 days of omicron in Manatee County School District

Want to run for elected office? Here are some tips from someone who has done it

New COVID cases reported in Manatee drop. So does the number of vaccinations

Weekly roundup: Manatee's election season heats up + COVID-19 surge + home prices keep going up + new Lakewood Ranch restaurant + raccoon rescue

COVID-19 kills 10 more people in Manatee-Sarasota

'Pro-Trump' mortgage broker challenging Servia for Manatee commission seat

New COVID-19 testing site to open in downtown Bradenton

As new COVID-19 cases surge in Manatee, school district may postpone extracurricular events

More than 5,400 new COVID-19 cases reported in Manatee County

Weekly roundup: Omicron pandemic + Piney Point leaks + school construction in Manatee + school board election + protecting cats and pelicans

Former Bradenton city council member Harold Byrd Jr. launches campaign for school board seat

Ex-con drops out of Manatee School Board race. But he is not done with politics

Minorities make up larger share of COVID fatalities in Manatee County than of total deaths

Local state lawmakers hope to bring back millions of dollars to Manatee County

More than 1 in 4 COVID-19 tests in Manatee County were positive this week

COVID-19 kills 12 more people in Manatee-Sarasota

OPINION | 2022 off to a rough start for Manatee commissioners. Blame Vanessa Baugh

Manatee County residents remember January 6 insurrection and vow to defend democracy

Corrected headline: Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh says she 'probably' will resign by end of 2022

Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh says she 'probably' will resign by end of 2022

Insurrectionist Adam Johnson of Manatee County was a big loser on Jan. 6, 2021

Manatee residents swarm libraries for free COVID-19 test kits. We can do better than this

Residents swarm Manatee County libraries looking for COVID-19 test kits

Need a rapid COVID-19 test? Starting Wednesday, go to a Manatee County library

Manatee Schools to employees: If you have COVID-19, stay home

Bradenton event will commemorate Jan. 6 insurrection at U.S. Capitol

New COVID-19 cases in Manatee County more than triple