Encore Live, a new Sarasota venue, will close out their opening weekend with a concert by rock supergroup Close Enemies. The ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Eighteen months after first launching the Gulf Islands Ferry, the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau is saying it has been such a success that plans to expand are ...

More than a year after hurricanes Helene and Milton bore down on Anna Maria Island with a 3-4 foot storm surge and 80 mph ...

The Manatee Belle will have 35 seats inside and about 40 outside, air conditioning, and will allow quicker travel back and ...

DESTIN, FL, UNITED STATES, January 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Emerald Coast By Owner (ECBYO.COM), a leading Vacation Rental by Owner marketplace specializing in ...

Two years after the maiden voyage of Manatee County’s Gulf Islands Ferry service, officials are expanding the service with a larger vessel. The 93-passenger Manatee Belle could take its first ...

Imagine endless sun and surf, miles of beaches, and not one high-rise condo in sight. Louisiana’s only inhabited barrier island, Grand Isle, is a secret paradise with some of the best fishing in the ...

China has unsettled Iran by backing the United Arab Emirates in a decades-old dispute over three strategically located islands in the Persian Gulf. Beijing’s position has revived a sensitive ...

China has angered Iran by backing the UAE’s call for a peaceful resolution to the long-running dispute over three strategic Gulf islands controlled by Tehran. Iranian officials and media accuse ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A man is dead, and a suspect is at large following a shooting at a Bradenton home Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said it was just ...

China has rattled Tehran by again backing the United Arab Emirates’s claim over three Persian Gulf islands controlled by Iran. Following a visit to Abu Dhabi by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — There is nothing quite like it — the release of a loggerhead sea turtle from a beach back into the Gulf waters. It happened on Wednesday at West Beach in Gulf Shores for an ...