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Three organizations submitted proposals in response to Manatee County's Request for Proposals for the development of a community wide health care plan for uninsured and underinsured Manatee County residents.Click to Continue »

HERITAGE HARBOUR -- Developer Carlos Beruff is seeking a change to the general development plan for Heritage Harbour to build 1,400 housing units, including an assisted living facility, on the…Click to Continue »

An update on a summer program between the Library Foundation, the Manatee Community Foundation and Rogers Garden Elementary School…Click to Continue »

Anne Ross, Randal Vosburg selected as finalists for Lakewood Ranch executive director¿s job.Click to Continue »

BRADENTON -- State Rep. Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, hosted a round table with community leaders Wednesday to dicuss possible legislative solutions to the heroin epidemic.Click to Continue »

ST. PETERSBURG -- One person is dead after a small plane crash at the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, according to St. Petersburg Fire Rescue.Click to Continue »

More test scores have come in from the state after students took new, harder tests in the spring.Click to Continue »

Schools across Manatee County celebrated Dads Bring Your Child to School day on Wednesday.Click to Continue »

SARASOTA -- Mote Marine Laboratory officials said Wednesday they are closely monitoring red tide algae levels after slight increases were noticed in seawater samples in the past two weeks.Click to Continue »

The issue of a moratorium resurfaces in Bradenton Beach during a candidate forum.Click to Continue »