Bradenton Times News Articles

The largest crowd ever to attend a Peace River Electric Cooperative (PRECO) annual membership meeting swelled into PRECO Park recently. Headquartered in Wauchula, PRECO has provided electric service to 10 central Florida counties since 1940, when local residents formed the cooperative. This was PRECO’s 70^th annual meeting.

The County is in a good financial position, and the good news was explained to the Manatee County Board of County Commissioners on March 1.

There are free financial education workshops starting this month. It's worth your "money" to attend.

Incentives from Manatee County government will help two companies expand their work forces, the Economic Development Council said in a press release Wednesday.

A program by the Suncoast Workforce Board can help people achieve their goals.

Several government bodies have meetings this week.

The De Soto Heritage Festival will get some money to help pay for its event, but not as much as it wanted.

The state's tourist economy is OK, and the tourist tax revenue is marginally ahead for the first four months of the fiscal year, but it's still a tough economy.

Several government bodies have meetings this week.

Before the bigger ships come, Port Manatee wants to make sure they don't get stuck. That's why the port is putting out the word that it's seeking bids for dredging at the new Berth 12.