Commissioners took one small step toward limiting license plate reader cameras in unincorporated Manatee County.

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Manatee County commissioners are considering new short-term rental regulations after receiving hundreds of complaints from residents who say vacation rentals are affecting ...

The Endangered Species Act was first signed into law in December 1973. Since its inception, it has gone through dozens of ...

SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB) - Manatee County commissioners voted unanimously against a motion giving no approval for sheriff ...

Manatee County commissioners voted 5-0 to prevent Flock license plate reading cameras from going up at county parks, ...

Manatee County Commissioners said they wanted to use the authority they have over the technology to protect citizen privacy.

Alli Caldwell, programs director at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center, said boaters are required to stay at least 50 ...

Between 2024 and 2026, Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputies used license plate recognition cameras, or license plate ...

Russell Mittermeier has a running joke about Bill Konstant. The two have worked together, off and on, for more than four ...

BRUCE, Florida — Matt Aresco stands on the border of two tracts of land, one side private timberland full of close-crowded pine trees in perfect rows. The other is open flatwoods carpeted by wiregrass ...

An endangered manatee is now free after the rescue efforts of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and other organizations last weekend in coastal Georgia. An entangled manatee was discovered ...

“The manatee’s lament echoes in the deep, a cry for help from the ocean’s keep. Their home under threat, their numbers wane, yet they continue their peaceful reign. A plea for protection, a call to ...