The Manatee County Port Authority has approved Port Manatee's $750 million master plan for expansion over five decades, with the immediate focus on opportunities associated with the Panama Canal expansion scheduled to be completed in 2014. ...more

February 24, 2009

Cash isn't the only thing drying up in this economy. The historically steady flow of blood to the Tampa Bay area's primary blood bank is dwindling, the victim of layoffs at a number of major companies. Some businesses have seen donations drop 10 percent to 20 percent; others have canceled bloodmobile visits altogether. ...more

February 22, 2009

Cash isn't the only thing drying up in this economy. The historically steady flow of blood to the Tampa Bay area's primary blood bank is dwindling, the victim of layoffs at a number of major local companies. Some companies have seen donations drop 10 percent to 20 percent; others have canceled bloodmobile visits all together. ...more

February 17, 2009

Fans chosen in the Tampa Bay Rays' lottery to buy tickets for a possible Game 6 in the American League Championship Series are on the clock. The winners, notified by e-mail, may begin buying tickets online at 5 p.m. today and continue until they are sold out. ...more

October 15, 2008

Sharon Cutler is teaching students at Chiles Elementary how to grow lettuce without getting dirty. ...more

October 1, 2008

For the vast majority of the population, that onetime hope of crushing a hanging curveball over Boston's Green Monster or perhaps peppering a gapper to the ivy in Chicago is most likely - i.e. definitely - long gone. ...more

August 20, 2008

Florida jumped to third nationwide in the rate of foreclosures in July, a report released Wednesday by housing research firm RealtyTrac says. ...more

August 14, 2008

Government-sanctioned fireworks shows are a staple of Fourth of July celebrations. This year, however, various factors, both local and on the other side of the globe, are prompting many local government, here in Pinellas and elsewhere, to scrap their traditional Independence Day fireworks displays. ...more

May 31, 2008

With tourism numbers going up, the county will have about $4,000 more this year for promoting local events. ...more

May 28, 2008

With tourism numbers rising, Pasco County will have about $4,000 more this year to promote local events. ...more

May 28, 2008