CORTEZ – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a stop in Cortez shortly after noon on Friday, Oct. 11, and got a firsthand look at the damage to the fishing village following Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
DeSantis, FEMA Executive Director Kevin Guthrie, members of the Florida National Guard, and...
CORTEZ — Hurricane Milton is expected to bring high winds and a storm surge to the area late Wednesday night, and time was running short on Tuesday to remove household debris left out following Hurricane Helene.
On Monday, a Manatee County clean-up crew was in Cortez using a...
Hurricane Helene was the second deadliest storm in 55 years, Katrina being the first. Did we expect it? I didn’t, and I think most Florida coastal residents did not fully understand the danger of such a large storm and the biblical storm surge it brought.
There are so...
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – City and county officials are preparing for Hurricane Milton as the Hurricane Helene recovery efforts continue.
Mayor Dan Murphy and the Anna Maria City Commission held an emergency meeting this morning (Sunday) at 11 a.m. Manatee County public safety officials held a brief hurricane-related...
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Sea turtle nesting season comes to an early close due to the remaining nests being washed out by Hurricane Helene.
“We had eight nests left prior to Hurricane Helene and it's likely that all eight washed out in the storm,” Anna Maria Island Turtle...
ANNA MARIA – Prior to the approach of Hurricane Milton, Mayor Dan Murphy and city commissioners decided they would not enact a vacation rental moratorium.
Unlike the city of Holmes Beach, the cities of Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach are not enacting short-term vacation rental moratoriums. At the...
BRADENTON BEACH – No rental moratorium is in place in Anna Maria Island's southernmost city.
Prior to the adoption of a resolution Thursday requiring residents and business owners to have structural and electrical inspections before occupancy is permitted, Bradenton Beach commissioners discussed and rejected a moratorium on rental...
BRADENTON BEACH – On Friday morning, (Oct. 4), City Attorney Ricinda Perry provided an update on the ongoing hurricane recovery efforts taking place in the city.
When speaking to The Sun, Perry addressed power restoration, new tropical weather concerns, debris collection, mail delivery, access to and from Longboat...
BRADENTON BEACH – In what Police Chief and Public Works Director John Cosby described as an ever-changing situation, he gave commissioners the latest update on progress and steps forward for storm recovery on Thursday afternoon.
Cosby said he decided to allow residents to return to the city on...
CORTEZ – Many individuals and groups have stepped up to help Cortez residents who lost so much in last week’s hurricane.
The Cortez Church of Christ is a distribution center for residents of donated food and supplies.
“Right now, the one thing people here need is air mattresses. People...