A Cortez woman has been arrested on charges of robbing three banks and is a suspect in a fourth bank robbery. Her husband also has been arrested in connection with the crimes. Michele L. Blalock, 38, ...

The roof of this two-story apartment building in Town & Country Perico was destroyed as fire sparked by a lightning strike spread across the roof and through the attic while more than a dozen ...

Firefighters prepare to enter the burning duplex adjacent to Haley's Motel in Holmes Beach on Nov. 16. The fire remained under investigation on Nov. 17, as The islander went to press. islander Photo: ...

Current red tide conditions around the state of Florida are summarized, and sampling results are mapped. Reports are updated on Friday afternoon. Current and past regional status reports are also ...

While the Florida Institute of Government has little information on the cost of a feasibility study to consolidate the three Island cities, its counterpart in Georgia has considerable experience in ...

Thanks to a bureaucratic change, some Island property owners may face an increase in their flood insurance premiums. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which operates the community rating system ...

Officials investigate the crash of a private, single-engine plane on April 13. islander Photo: Courtesy Craig Herbert of NewsManatee.com A Cortez man and a Sarasota man suffered injuries April 13 when ...

Seems like the Florida Department of Transportation is trying to drop construction of a new Key Royale Bridge in Holmes Beach in its future plans. The DOT had already moved construction of the bridge ...

The Anna Maria City Commission may be in for some overtime at its Jan. 26 regular meeting. Commission Chairperson John Quam has placed a number of important items on the agenda for discussion and/or a ...

Preliminary clearing for the Cortez channel dredging project can begin any time now, but the dredging itself is not likely to begin until at least October. That is to give the commercial fishermen of ...

The shore bird nesting area on the Island's north beach was about two-thirds under water after Dennis passed, virtually wiping out one of the state's premier nesting areas. "All of the area where the ...

There was one casualty left in the wake of Hurricane Dennis on Anna Maria Island: The start of the beach renourishment project. "We should start putting sand on the beach by the end of this week," ...