A drinking water project in the works for Tarpon Springs could dump nearly 3 million gallons a day of salt-laden wastewater into the Anclote River in Pasco County. ...more

January 16, 2010

If you're never quite sure whether the ads for popular beauty products can be believed, relax. Our 4you Beauty Board is made up of veteran testers ready to try the latest when it comes to all things beauty. We'll share what worked and what bombed with the hope of making life a little easier for you. ...more

December 5, 2009

In seven years of environmental detective work for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Bob Ankenbauer says, he never saw anything as alarming as the abandoned APF Industries chemical lab littered with open jars of acid and cyanide. ...more

October 24, 2009

A government agency has dropped plans for a study of a controversial treatment for autism that critics had called an unethical experiment on children. ...more

September 18, 2008

TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES ATTRACT 20 BIDDERS ...more

July 17, 2008

When Assistant County Engineer Gregg Sutton put out a call for excavation contracting firms interested in hauling away contaminated soil at the old public works site in downtown Brooksville, he wasn't quite prepared for the flood of responses. ...more

July 17, 2008

Instead of waiting for the state to review past assessment reports, the county plans to go ahead with the first step to clean up the former contaminated public works building off West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. ...more

May 8, 2008

The Tampa Tribune recently ran a story about a small band of Hillsborough County residents who are teaming up and gathering petitions against Mosaic Co.'s proposal to expand its Fort Lonesome and Four Corners phosphate mining operations by 1,599 acres. ...more

January 15, 2008

Just as consumers have crossed off their holiday shopping lists toys tainted with lead paint, another child-safety issue may become a season spoiler. ...more

December 5, 2007

Safer Energy Source In his letter ('Jackson No Journalist,' Oct. 3) Carl Roth makes arguments that we believe must be addressed. His questioning of Tribune columnist Tom Jackson's integrity is unwarranted, and to imply that Jackson is moonlighting with our company is scurrilous. ...more

October 8, 2007