Postal Service Two days before Valentine's Day, I sent my grandson a Valentine card. It should have gotten there Friday or Saturday, which was Valentine's Day. Instead, it got there on Tuesday, four days after it was mailed. I am aware that Monday was a holiday, but even so, four days to send a card less than 10 miles really is unacceptable service. ...more

February 21, 2009

State officials return to the Florida Environmental Regulation Commission next week to argue that Florida should adopt California's tough emission standards for cars and light trucks. ...more

November 29, 2008

It's time for the body count. Volunteers will fan out to some 50 islands in Tampa Bay on Saturday to harvest discarded fishing line. They will also be documenting the number of dead birds they find, victims of fishing line spider-webbed across mangroves where birds nest and roost. ...more

October 24, 2008

It's time for the body count. Volunteers will fan out to some 50 islands in Tampa Bay on Saturday to harvest discarded fishing line. They will also be documenting the number of dead birds they find, victims of fishing line that spider-webs across mangroves where the birds nest and roost. Tampa Bay Watch and Audubon of Florida will coordinate the 15th annual Monofilament Cleanup Day, sending teams out to reel in thousands of feet of line. ...more

October 21, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners have rezoned nearly 2,000 acres just north of Hillsborough River State Park to be the county's first environmental planned community. ...more

August 27, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners have rezoned nearly 2,000 acres just north of Hillsborough River State Park to be the county's first environmental planned community. ...more

August 19, 2008

The Audubon patrol had been on the water less than 10 minutes Saturday when the first damsel in distress came into view. ...more

May 25, 2008

TAMPA - An electrical short sparked a fire in a Hyde Park house today, resulting in at least $75,000 in damage, Tampa Fire Rescue said. ...more

January 29, 2008

PORT ST. LUCIE - Internet traffic is going to be heavy this week if an egg hatches from a tree in a Port St. Lucie community. ...more

January 7, 2008

TAMPA - Adult brown pelicans are under increasing pressure from habitat loss, storm damage and predation. The No. 1 killer of these birds, though, is discarded fishing line. ...more

October 18, 2007