Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay the highest price possible to transfer Cone Ranch from one Hillsborough County department to another, a member of a county commission-appointed panel on the ranch's future contends. ...more

December 26, 2009

Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay the highest price possible to transfer Cone Ranch from one county department to another, a member of a county commission-appointed panel on the ranch's future contends. ...more

December 23, 2009

Proving the value of the Cone Ranch property and why Hillsborough County should restore and protect it requires leg work, some say. ...more

December 15, 2009

The Hillsborough County Water Resource Services Department, which controls the Cone ranch property, is denying public access, citing a lack of staff to accompany visitors. ...more

December 14, 2009

Environmental activists won a huge victory recently when an advisory panel recommended that county-owned Cone Ranch stay in public ownership under the county's conservation lands program. ...more

November 28, 2009

If we had our way, Hillsborough County would restore Cone Ranch, transforming ditches and pastures into creeks and wetlands, and open it to the public as a wilderness park. ...more

November 2, 2009

Pine View Middle School students took a trip on the wild side last week in order to learn more about biodiversity, water quality, habitats and animals through hands-on experiments and observation at Cross Bar Ranch in Spring Hill. ...more

April 1, 2009

Fernando Perez's injury hasn't put Justin Ruggiano in the picture for an outfielder job on the Rays' 25-man roster. ...more

March 14, 2009

Tickets for Michael Jackson's 50 London concerts sold out within hours of becoming available, organizers said today. ...more

March 13, 2009

Super Bowl hero, Pro Football Hall of Famer and college All-American - the tiny Panhandle refuge of Monticello is more than his hometown. ...more

January 29, 2009