Nestled in the Gulf of Mexico, Anna Maria Island is seven miles long with wide white sandy beaches and clear turquoise waters with the Gulf of Mexico on one side and Sarasota Bay on the other.

The Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club on Anna Maria Island will be getting a new restaurant to replace the shuttered Eliza Ann's Coastal Kitchen, this one with a reality TV connection. The Château ...

Anna Maria Island's Waterline Marina Resort & Beach Club is hosting a job fair for full- and part-time positions that runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The resort is looking to hire ...

With memories still fresh of a state-mandated ban on short-term rentals in Manatee County this past spring, local short-term resort rental operators are fully aware of the COVID-19 pandemic threat.

Anna Maria Island — a slender 7-mile slip of Gulf sand balanced atop the crooked crab claw of north Longboat Key — is a slow-motion kind of place. Sit a spell and taste the brine of the sea air as it ...

Manatee County Government announced that an Anna Maria Island beach has reopened after taking significant damage from back-to-back hurricanes. When Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the island, ...

A beach-front estate in the city of Anna Maria recently landed on the real estate market with a big splash. The $16.5 million asking price for the property at 100 Beach Avenue is believed to be well ...

Someone recently bought the Layby Hotel Resort on Holmes Beach for $8.825 million, making it one of the largest property sales on Anna Maria Island. Buyer and seller were corporations, but the word on ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla. (WFLA) — Manatee County has new rules at the beach. An ordinance is aimed at preventing people from digging huge holes in the sand. Kristen Mazzarella with Anna Maria Island Turtle ...