The creek for which the place is named, a rich, tea-colored stream, is home to herons, egrets, alligators, fish, and manatees ... office chatting and telling jokes while he writes the script ...

Words by Ambar Ramirez When the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) revealed its 2024-25 Great Outdoors Initiative last year, Florida residents took to the streets for protests. As a ...

On Sunday, April 20, 2025, a suspected drunk driver crashed into a deputy head-on. China asks South Korea not to export rare ...

Manatee County commissioners approved a $9.5 million land purchase for use as flood and wetlands impact mitigation associated with expansion plans for Golf Course Road. The 95-acre property ...

There were 150 manatees sighted last year in the Perdido Bay watershed and another 50 in the Pensacola Bay watershed The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program ask the public to be on the ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — A pilot program in Manatee County that has helped emergency vehicles reach scenes quicker might be expanding, thanks to its success helping save lives. Donald McEachern ...

BRADENTON, Fla. – Manatee County commissioners voted Tuesday morning to stop adding fluoride to county drinking water. The vote was 5-1 to stop adding the mineral. In discussing the move ...

Manatee County officials are considering charging residents a new stormwater fee to reduce widespread flooding issues. The fee would add millions to the budget for cleaning canals and waterways ...

Manatee County commissioners voted 5-1 to end the county's fluoridation program. The decision comes as the Florida legislature is expected to ban fluoride in drinking water statewide. Manatee ...

The state of Florida is in violation of the Endangered Species Act and must develop a plan for addressing the pollution that led in recent years to an unprecedented die-off of manatees ...

Local comedians Cliff Hornsby and Al Earnst opened for Chicago-based headliner Don Tersigni at the fundraiser, which will ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A mother manatee and her calf are on their way to recovery at ZooTampa’s critical care center after spending months trapped in a canal. A rescue team consisting of more ...