Piney Point wastewater spreading

UPDATED April 26, 2021 at 3:52 p.m. - PALMETTO – About half the wastewater in a leaking retention pond built into a gyp stack at...

Red tide detected in Manatee County

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Red tide has been detected in Manatee County in low concentrations for the first time since the Piney Point disaster...

Turtle trackers predict Bortie’s return

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Just in time for the May 1 start of sea turtle nesting season off AMI, Bortie may be coming home...

Coast Lines: First, do no harm

A recent visit to the Mulberry Phosphate Museum was fascinating, with its finds of prehistoric giant ground sloths, mammoths, sharks, manatees and crocodiles, and...

Turtle released in bay

ANNA MARIA – A small crowd clapped and cheered as Mote Marine’s Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital staff released a loggerhead sea turtle, nicknamed "O-H,”...

Cindy Lane

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