Carter Weinhofer is the Longboat Key news reporter for the Observer. Originally from a small town in Pennsylvania, he moved ...

Public beach access point, power, mail and debris pickups. WATER: Boil Water Advisory has been rescinded Locations may ...

Hurricane Milton plowed through Florida on Oct. 10, as many seasonal Ohioans prepared to travel south to avoid the colder ...

Power restoration, water service bring some relief to Longboat Key, struck by two hurricanes in less than a month.

A Coast Guard crew from a Miami base rescued a commercial fisherman who rode Hurricane Milton out inside a fishing cooler.

One brought a devastating storm surge, another’s winds added to the destruction. Longboat Key officials weigh in on what ...

As climate change makes hurricanes stronger and more intense, island communities like Longboat Key are particularly ...

Sarasota city officials reported that barrier islands residents and businesses are expected to get water stored Monday. Once ...

The School District of Manatee County is targeting an Oct. 15 reopening date after an initial assessment of its campuses, ...

President Joe Biden on Saturday approved a major disaster declaration for Florida making federal emergency funding available ...

The captain was instructed Wednesday night to put his boat in an emergency position as conditions were deteriorating due to ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Thursday rescued a men found clinging to a cooler in the water off Florida's Longboat Key in the ...