Residents can have voice in Hillsborough's 2011 budget Hillsborough County is looking for public input on its fiscal year 2011 budget and has turned to social media to make it easy for residents to take part. ...more

March 3, 2010

Success is threatening to swamp the Volunteer Way, so the leader of the food bank outlined an expansion plan and fundraising effort this week. ...more

February 13, 2010

The importance of good neighbors can't be denied. When Dottie Hackett found out that Todd and Ellen Tillman had lost tools worth $20,000, along with family heirlooms, in a fire March 2 that destroyed two outbuildings, she got busy. Hackett and her neighbors donated a total of about $200 to Bagwell Lumber Co. ...more

March 10, 2009

The smelly air around a Tampa chemical plant is about to get a scrubbing. ...more

November 20, 2008

After denying there was a problem, General Chemical has agreed to install scrubbers in the stack of its Palmetto Beach plant near the Port of Tampa. ...more

November 19, 2008

It's been a while since Richard Stauffer had his last face-to-face experience with a Florida black bear. ...more

September 21, 2008

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki traveled Saturday to Iran on a mission to improve relations with the country that U.S. officials have accused of arming Shiite militia groups fighting U.S. troops and Iraqi security forces. ...more

June 8, 2008

Little Harbor's down-sized plans to convert condos and homes into hotel rooms and daily rentals continued to draw heavy fire from nearby residents at a second zoning hearing Tuesday night. ...more

May 3, 2008

The Hillsborough County Office of Neighborhood Relations is seeking nominees for the spring quarter Lonnie Lea Napier Good Neighbor Award. ...more

February 20, 2008

Dozens of Zephyrhills Spring Water Co. employees crammed the city council chambers Monday night, wearing stickers that said, "I Support the Zephyrhills Spring Water Company! Good Neighbors. Good Jobs." ...more

December 11, 2007