While buying a Lakewood Ranch building appears to be positive for East County, residents had little chance to offer input.

Manatee County officials approved a $35 million investment into property in Lakewood Ranch to relocate many administrative services eastward.

MANATEE, Fla. - It’s not the place you’d expect to find ... the cats are ready to trade their sea legs in for a stable home and a family on land. "I think they’re thankful they’re not as hot anymore, ...

Doing county government business in Manatee County is primed to have an "out east" feel to it in the near future.

Manatee County commissioners approved a $9.5 million land purchase for use as flood and wetlands impact mitigation associated with expansion plans for Golf Course Road. The 95-acre property ...

Manatee County leaders have signed off on buying a 93-acre property in Parrish with plans to prevent flooding, protect rare habitat from development and create a public park.

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Manatee with fishing lure in mouth rescued on Earth Day, giving a sad reminder to keep our waterways clean. The manatee was rescued on April 22, the Florida Fish ...

Tests found increased levels of dioxane and other chemicals of concern in groundwater after a former beryllium plant ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces ...