A state panel agreed today to 3 percent increases in fees the next two years for harbor pilots who guide big ships into the Port of Tampa. ...more

November 20, 2008

Officers and agents who will scan vehicles around Raymond James Stadium during Super Bowl week are training on X-ray imaging equipment this morning to spot explosives and other contraband. ...more

November 12, 2008

Les Hirsch, an institution in Tampa's brokerage industry and head of the Tampa Sports Authority when the city hosted its first Super Bowl, died Friday. He was 75. ...more

November 2, 2008

Les Hirsch, an institution in Tampa's brokerage industry and head of the Tampa Sports Authority when Tampa hosted its first Super Bowl, died Friday. He was 75. ...more

November 1, 2008

The Tampa Port Authority board approved on Tuesday the transfer of a property lease to GreenHunter Energy Inc., which plans to build a biodiesel fuels plant at the port. ...more

October 22, 2008

The Tampa Port Authority board today approved the transfer of a lease option from Port Sutton Envirofuels, a Bay area company that intended to build an ethanol plant at the port, to GreenHunter Energy Inc of Houston, which intends to build a biodiesel fuel plant. ...more

October 21, 2008

A plan to build a $70 million biofuels plant at the Port of Tampa rather than an ethanol plant could create 250 construction jobs and 50 to 60 full-time jobs once the plant opens, port officials said. ...more

October 21, 2008

St. Petersburg firefighters are working a blaze that is consuming a 56-foot wooden boat at Demen's Landing, said Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue. ...more

October 20, 2008

Property Appraiser Rob Turner likes to remind residents: He doesn't set taxes. Still, it doesn't keep critics like Democratic challenger Ken Ayers from accusing the three-term Republican incumbent of taxing people out of their homes. ...more

October 19, 2008

The Tampa Port Authority has retained its A2 "investment grade" rating on $120.3 million of outstanding revenue bonds with a stable outlook, a report by Moody's Investors Service released Wednesday states. ...more

October 9, 2008