Teachers in Pinellas, Pasco and Hillsborough counties have an optional homework assignment to consider - not for their students, but for themselves, and the reward could be considerably more than a gold star. ...more

October 29, 2009

Money from a fine levied against the region's water supplier for excessive pumping at wellfields in the winter and spring will pay for a study of how much water Florida Friendly Landscaping saves. ...more

October 22, 2009

Monday morning, the board of Tampa Bay Water voted to spend $1 million for a consultant to help the regional wholesale utility select the firm that will get the job of fixing the many cracks that have developed in its 15-billion-gallon C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. Fixing this crack problem at the reservoir, which is less than five years old, is going to cost almost as much as the $146 million it cost to build it. When you're throwing around that kind of dough, what's another million tacked onto the bottom line? ...more

October 21, 2009

In September, Troop 610's Harrison Hatcher of Riverview became one of a sparse number in the history of Scouting to have earned all 121 merit badges. ...more

October 21, 2009

On Monday, the governing board of Tampa Bay used one hand to hold its collective nose and plunged the other into the pockets of the people in Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties who consume the water the regional wholesale utility produces. Then the board voted to spend an estimated $125 million over the next five years to repair the many cracks that have developed in the utility's 15-billion-gallon C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. ...more

June 23, 2009

Items of interest from the March 23 Plant City Commission meeting include: A public hearing on proposed amendments to the city's comprehensive plan attracted several residents concerned about one of the 19 proposed changes. ...more

April 1, 2009

Full-tilt pumping at wellfields in Pasco and Hillsborough counties will lower nearby lake levels and affect wetlands but likely won't bring a return to environmental damage seen before 2003, when the region's water supply relied solely on groundwater. ...more

March 29, 2009

The bug spray bandits are back. ...more

March 28, 2009

Full-tilt pumping at wellfields in Pasco and Hillsborough counties will lower nearby lake levels and affect wetlands but likely won't bring a return to environmental damage seen before 2003, when the region's water supply relied solely on groundwater. ...more

March 28, 2009

The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority is trying to put the finishing touches on a long-term transportation plan, complete with rail systems and express buses between and within counties. ...more

March 21, 2009