The college intends to sell its entire campus, including a plot where a Paxton family had planned to build a retirement home.

Immediately, as you approach the island, you know Anna Maria is different. The horizon is not full of sun-blocking high-rise ...

Anna Maria College abruptly closed its doors in May. Now the college has a mountain of debt to repay, including to students and the federal government.

Lawyers representing Anna Maria College appeared in bankruptcy court on Thursday as the institution contends with millions of dollars of debt. When the college filed for bankruptcy, it had less than ...

Tall mounds of sand lined the sides of a broken Gulf Drive as residents and business owners returned to Anna Maria Island on Saturday morning for the first time since Hurricane Helene. Manatee County ...

About 25 miles north of Siesta Key – around an hour's drive – is Anna Maria Island, a barrier island off the coast of Bradenton overlooking Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Long a favorite among ...

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.