The Sarasota County Commission is considering creating a new department whose sole focus would be managing stormwater, after public trust in their ability to prevent flooding has cratered entering ...

Breeze OnDemand, Sarasota County’s public ride-sharing program, has exploded in popularity since its launch in 2021. Now, as demand grows and the federal grants that sustain it seem more ...

An Avery County firefighter shared the story of a dramatic water rescue as Hurricane Helene came barreling through the region.Captain Kacey Hughes had already pulled a person out of a car stuck in ...

avery county, n.c. — An Avery County couple is set to return home eight months after floodwaters from the North Toe River during Hurricane Helene damaged their home.

After decades of steady leadership and exceptional customer service, Sarasota County now has a new tax collector whose first major change is to reduce the office hours for in-person customer ...

BEBR also projects Sarasota County’s population will reach 559,000 by 2050; Manatee County is forecast to approach 598,000 over the same period. That means migration to our area shows no ...

Maurice Matteson might not be a household name here in Avery County, but he played an important role in preserving local history. Born in Galva, Illinois, in 1893, Matteson was a graduate of ...

NEWLAND — Students and staff at Avery County Schools were surprised with a remarkable act of generosity recently as more than 500 pairs of brand-new Nike shoes were delivered and ...

SARASOTA COUNTY (WFLA) — For the last seven years, Hawaii-based Ocean Era has been working to bring a fish farm demonstration to Florida’s Gulf Coast. Last month, the Environmental Protection ...

Plans call for the Toth Center, which dates to the 1950s, to be expanded by nearly 3,000 square feet to provide programming similar to the activities at the Edison Senior Center on Woodbridge Avenue.

Sarasota County 22-year-old Sarasota honor student detained by ICE, facing deportation Maria “Lulu” Martinez's family says ICE should be chasing after violent criminals, not straight-A students.

SARASOTA, Fla. — A Sarasota woman's family is asking for help after they say she was sent to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas. According to a North Port ...