ANNA MARIA ISLAND, Fla. — Two Europeans were rescued near Anna Maria Island after being pulled away by a strong current while swimming. Marine deputies with the Manatee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) ...

The harmful algal bloom known as red tide is still present around Anna Maria Island, according to the latest water sampling results from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. But ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s mid-week red tide update spells more bad news for Manatee County’s coastline. Concentrations of Karenia brevis cells, the organism responsible ...

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 ...