Sarasota

Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida is starting a new peer education program in January to help teenagers learn how to talk about...

A candidate with a difference is running for State Senate District 23 in Sarasota. And if she wins, this difference could make a bit of history.

It's been a long time since Florida's Gulf Coast has seen a red tide outbreak this severe.

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 City of Sarasota has declared a state of emergency over the toxic red tide bloom that began in November. Todd Kerkering is the emergency manager for...

Tourists weren't scattered on beaches in southwest Florida on Thursday, but hundreds of dead fish were.The Herald-Tribune reports that visitors piled into…

Florida’s top health-care regulator gave final approval last week to a pair of new hospitals for southern Sarasota County. Agency for Health Care…

An increase in whale shark sightings off the coast of Sarasota is helping Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium scientists learn more about them.

Though describing it as a “close call,” an appeals court Friday upheld a decision by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration to turn down…

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...