Howard "Budd" Post, founder of one of the state's leading engineering firms and the designer of Miami Lakes, died Tuesday. He was 83. ...more

June 12, 2008

An embankment along a man-made lake gave way under severe flooding Monday, unleashing a powerful current that pulled several homes off their foundations and down the Wisconsin River. ...more

June 10, 2008

Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited the Everglades last week to highlight his commitment to Florida's natural treasures and promptly stepped into political muck. ...more

June 10, 2008

Before they sign off on a request to dredge miles of silt- clogged canals here, state and federal regulators must approve a plan to replace about an acre of seagrass beds that would be uprooted when the project gets under way. ...more

June 8, 2008

A federal plan to reduce water flows in the Apalachicola River won't irreversibly doom four federally protected species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. ...more

June 3, 2008

Longtime oysterman Keith Millender sees every shower taken or car washed in metropolitan Atlanta as a small threat to his family, which has harvested seafood from northwest Florida's Apalachicola Bay for generations. ...more

May 26, 2008

The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center have been cleared to do additional earthwork on their mothballed mall site, but only to prevent flooding should the site be hit with heavy rainfall this summer. ...more

May 22, 2008

In February, facing a severe drought and serious water shortages, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue eased outdoor watering restrictions. Why? He wanted to help the landscaping industry. ...more

May 13, 2008

In October 2004, the U.S. Army issued an urgent bulletin to commanders across Iraq, warning them of a deadly new threat to American soldiers. ...more

May 4, 2008

The city's Port Authority board wants it; so do the mayor and several city council members. And a group of residents has been calling for it for months. ...more

February 23, 2008