The National Weather Service issued a fire weather message for the Tampa region. ...more

November 27, 2009

The number of people and businesses in Tampa Bay area seeking bankruptcy protection - from creditors, the recession and the housing crisis - has soared nearly 50 percent, figures released Wednesday show. ...more

November 26, 2009

Seagrass in the 820 square miles of coastline between the Anclote River and Levy County appears to be holding its own, despite increasing pollution coming from springs and rivers. ...more

November 19, 2009

The federal government will attempt to set Florida's water pollution standards - the first venture for any state - under an agreement approved Monday. ...more

November 17, 2009

The wheels are turning for a bicycle club that rolls among the street grids and tree-canopied byways of Seminole Heights. ...more

November 16, 2009

When the sprawling residential-commercial development project that was to be known as Serenova was still on the drawing board, one of the people involved in the project suggested that the center of economic activity in the county was even then shifting from West Pasco to Central and East Pasco. The U.S. 19 corridor would become economically "blighted" and have to be redeveloped, this person suggested. Serenova never got built and the 6,500 acres it would have occupied ended up in the hands of the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The U.S. 19 prediction, alas, is still looking viable. ...more

November 14, 2009

Boating and fishing enthusiasts who frequent the Medard Park Reservoir in Plant City should enjoy it while they can. ...more

November 14, 2009

Even though they are separated by miles, families dealing with the uncertainty and financial expenses associated with having Chinese drywall in their homes don't stand alone. ...more

November 11, 2009

The Southwest Florida Water Management District will be conducting "controlled, prescribed burns" during November and December on the Jack Creek property in Highlands County. ...more

November 10, 2009

As Xuan-Nuong Lam Tran pulled her Mercedes ML 350 into a parking spot at a post office, another customer flung open her own car door, causing minor damage. ...more

November 8, 2009