The city has begun to take a hard look at how it will make the most of an ever-tightening budget. ...more

August 7, 2008

A popular waterfront attraction, the county's Fred Howard Park Beach, will be off-limits to visitors for slightly more than a year, starting after Labor Day. ...more

July 19, 2008

Even after two recent failed attempts at turning city work over to the private sector, Tampa still is considering outsourcing work in its Fleet Maintenance Division. ...more

July 11, 2008

Nebraska's largest city struggled Saturday to restore power to thousands of residents a day after a severe storm damaged homes, uprooted trees and killed two people in a neighboring community. ...more

June 29, 2008

DUNEDIN -- The public will get a chance to hear the latest information about the city's plans for reconstructing Pinehurst Road and give their comments at a town hall meeting next month. The community meeting is scheduled for 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, at the Dunedin Community Center. ...more

June 27, 2008

The East-West toll road might have some life yet. In a last-ditch effort to salvage the decades-old project, Mayor Pam Iorio said Monday she will ask the state's toll road authority, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, to consider building the three-mile highway between New Tampa Boulevard and Interstate 275. ...more

June 17, 2008

DUNEDIN -- Dunedin, Tarpon Springs and Pinellas County called on residents to drastically limit use of reclaimed water to irrigate lawns so there is enough for everyone until the recent drought is but a memory. ...more

June 11, 2008

Severe thunderstorms packing large hail and possible tornadoes rumbled across the northern Midwest on Sunday, killing at least one person and damaging dozens of homes in this St. Paul suburb. ...more

May 26, 2008

Leave it to Hernando County government to redefine ethics and the law when it comes to dealing with insiders who get caught with their hands in the taxpayers' cookie jar. ...more

May 21, 2008

When Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio hosted a town hall meeting here in March, two things stuck with her: It seemingly takes forever to get to New Tampa during rush hour, and residents don't know which road projects are moving forward and which ones are stalled. ...more

May 4, 2008