“The United Church of Marco Island and Greater Marco Island Community Fund grants ensure new, personalized, age-appropriate books are provided to students at Manatee and Tommie Barfield elementary ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill making Florida the second state to remove fluoride from the drinking water in May.

Manatee County has approved plans for $252.7 million in federal disaster recovery funds awarded in response to Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, most of which will be spent on housing repair ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - WAFF got an inside look at a Madison City water plant that contained fluoride showed the significant damage caused. Madison Utilities tells WAFF 48 the damage to this ...

"If you think about a void in the dam face, that you have the ability of water to soak in and expand those voids and make them more of an issue," he said. "The big thing overall is to try to finish ...

The posting for the superintendent position, which will pay between $220,000-$260,000, was posted to the School District of Manatee County website on June 16 at 5 p.m.

The fishing community of Barra do Mamanguape on Brazil’s northeastern coast used to be a hunting site for manatees. But today, the villagers have turned to ecotourism and are now protecting the ...

BPD said they executed a search warrant at Jones' home and found 760 grams of marijuana, 55 grams of crack cocaine and 12 grams of fentanyl. Jones is being held in the Manatee County Jail without ...

The fluoride additive ban would not remove any chemical required for water purification. DeSantis signed it into law on May 15 and it is going into effect on July 1, the first day of the new ...

The state had 800 manatee deaths in 2022, before the number dropped to 555 in 2023 and 565 in 2024, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission data.

Fluoride-free toothpaste sales are jumping as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other government officials openly question the safety of the mineral long hailed as a public ...

The Yorktown fluoride removal vote was also a call-to-arms for Feldman, who’s been supervisor of nearby Ossining for three years and vowed to quell any anti-fluoride incursions in her community.