Looking for a place to hike, away from the madding crowd? Try Jack Creek. It's in Southwest Florida Water Management District's new recreation guide, "Get Outside." ...more

September 18, 2009

A squall line ahead of a cool front brought some valuable rain overnight, though the amount of rain hardly qualified as a deluge. Wet Windy Weather Across Tampa Bay ...more

March 29, 2009

Unemployment in Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties rose to nearly 11 percent in February -- meaning 42,000 people are out of work, twice as many as a year ago. ...more

March 28, 2009

By the end of the summer, the local unemployment rate reached the highest point in nearly 16 years. ...more

November 22, 2008

Hernando residents have cut the amount of water they use significantly in the last two and a half years, according to data from the county utilities department. ...more

September 23, 2008

But county still must work to meet long-term goal. ...more

September 23, 2008

From Mount Dora to Cedar Key, residents are seeing the highest water levels in more than two years. ...more

September 7, 2008

Hurricane Gustav's eye stayed far from Southwest Florida, but the storm's waves and surge dampened the region's best sea turtle nesting season in years. ...more

September 5, 2008

Two factors promise to loom large this summer in real estate: a shift in where buyers are coming from and the health of those markets. ...more

July 27, 2008

In a move bound to further roil Florida's turbulent insurance market, State Farm has decided to stop writing new homeowners insurance policies. ...more

February 25, 2008