Egmont Key and 18 other parks the state threatened to close in a cost-cutting move will remain open, a member of Gov. Charlie Crist's policy team said Thursday. ...more

March 6, 2009

In a rural North Florida town where the water tower bears the motto "Tiny but Proud," residents have a big secret: They give the cold, clear spring water that bubbles up from the aquifer below their soil to the nation's largest bottled-water company - for free. ...more

March 6, 2009

Within six months, the roughly 500 customers of the problem plagued Landmark Utilities sewage plant should be hooked into the city sanitary sewer system. ...more

March 5, 2009

The opponents of a plan to dump material dredged from the bottom of the Hernando Beach channel onto a county-owned piece of land on Shoal Line Boulevard will get a hearing in front of a judge. ...more

March 5, 2009

A company that was denied a permit to build a landfill near the Green Swamp is appealing the decision to an administrative law judge. ...more

March 4, 2009

The city will hold a public hearing Tuesday to receive input from the public on its plans to purchase the Landmark Utilities Inc. sewer system in Thunderbird Hills. ...more

March 2, 2009

The issue: Permit delays for new landfill cell could cost taxpayers unnecessary millions. Our opinion: Department of Environmental Protection and county officials need to quit fooling around. ...more

February 26, 2009

County commissioners Tuesday agreed to explore the possibility, if necessary, of transferring money from its general fund to the Utilities Department to help offset the extra charges for hauling garbage out of the county. ...more

February 25, 2009

As the reservoir level continues to drop, Tampa Bay Water, the agency responsible for making sure Tampa Bay has clean, safe water plans to transfer $15 million from its Rate Stablization Reserve, a rainy day account, to cover costs and pay for water. ...more

February 16, 2009

Regarding the bioreactor landfill proposed for the east Pasco wilderness, Thursday's announcement declaring the state's position - opposed - settled no issues save one: the seating arrangement at the inevitable administrative legal hearing. ...more

February 15, 2009