TAMPA - Former FEMA Director Michael Brown was in Tampa today to address a conference of property restoration businesses and shared his thoughts on Hurricane Katrina, Tampa's vulnerability to hurricanes, airport security and other topics. ...more

January 17, 2008

Pasco County officials are investigating about 170 cases in which coastal homeowners are suspected of violating federal flood regulations by maintaining living space on their first floors. ...more

December 24, 2007

Tis' the season for gift giving and spreading holiday cheer, so the New Port Richey Fire Department is doing just that. Last week, City Council members approved the donation of surplus self-contained breathing apparatus to the Hernando Beach Volunteer Fire Department. ...more

December 23, 2007

Numerous inquiries from nervous coastal residents have convinced the Pasco County Commission to try to set up a workshop on dozens of alleged violations of federal flood-zone regulations in West Pasco. ...more

December 22, 2007

Hand sanitizer makes it through security in one airport, then it's confiscated at another. Screening lines back up because only two of six lanes are open. And then there's the occasional all-too-intimate pat-down. ...more

December 21, 2007

It doesn't take a hurricane for rain to overwhelm storm- water drains in the University Area. ...more

December 12, 2007

A wintry storm caked the center of the nation with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than 600,000 homes and businesses, and more icy weather was on the way. ...more

December 11, 2007

A regional hurricane shelter planned for Denton Avenue could be delayed after federal officials' demand it be strengthened to withstand 200 mph winds and tornadoes, county officials said last week. ...more

December 3, 2007

The Seminole Tribe of Florida has touted publicly that the billions it makes off gambling has helped it become self-sufficient, but a newspaper investigation shows that it is still pulling in millions of dollars in federal government grants while claiming financial limitations. ...more

November 30, 2007

Coastal residents living in flood zones could face legal action if they added living space to flood-prone lower levels of their homes. ...more

November 28, 2007