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All of Sarasota's emergency shelters have been closed down after Hurricane Irma except one. The county's Chief of Emergency Management Ed McCrane says...

Sarasota Opera House ends season, but ballet performances are scheduled in April and May while Opera Naples screens third Spring Film Festival movie on Strauss musical family.

A Florida State Senator wants to ask voters to impose term limits on members of county school boards. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota has filed a bill for the...

Sarasota City Manager Marlon Brown said Thursday that damage caused by Hurricane Ian during the previous 48 hours is minor.“It’s been a rough few days, but we made it through Hurricane Ian,” Brown wrote in a statement Thursday. “Damage to our community appears to be limited to a large number of downed trees, some downed utility lines, and minor structural damage.”

Mote Marine Laboratory detected low levels of the potentially harmful algae “red tide” along Sarasota County’s coastline this week. Red tide toxins are…

Florida House Institute and Sarasota Urban ReForesters are creating micro forests in the Sarasota region as an environmental strategy to combat climate change. When 4,000 trees and plants are planted on a small parcel of land, a micro forest is created. The goal of the project is to grow a 100-year forest in just 10 years

Federal officials were in Sarasota County this week helping residents get ready for new flood maps. It’s part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s…

The worst of the red tide in Sarasota County may have passed. That's the word from county officials, who say fewer dead fish washed ashore Thursday.

The Sarasota County elections office is warning people about some fraudulent letters that have many county residents questioning if they'll be able to…

The state’s voter purge tour made a stop in Sarasota Tuesday. Florida’s Secretary of State Ken Detzner has been traveling around the state in the past few…