The ramp from 54th Avenue S. to Interstate 275 will be closed until at least late Thursday after a concrete truck accident gouged a huge hole in the roadway. ...more

December 14, 2009

A thick bed of foul-smelling muck blankets the bottom of a dozen canals along Old Tampa Bay, caused by decades of stormwater runoff and overdevelopment. ...more

December 14, 2009

Tampa and residents have wrangled for years over whose responsibility it is to clean up the canals, many of them carved into the coastline by developers in the early-1960s after the West Shore area was annexed into the city from Hillsborough County. ...more

December 13, 2009

County commissioners have tabled plans to build a multi-million judicial center but have earmarked $18.6 million for the project. ...more

April 2, 2009

The building department has been bleeding money ever since the falloff in construction. ...more

March 14, 2009

The county on Tuesday tabled plans to proceed with a new $18.6 million judicial center, opting to wait until the economy improves. ...more

March 11, 2009

Cost estimates for widening Bruce B. Downs Boulevard have dropped by two-thirds in the past two years. ...more

March 6, 2009

Bids are coming in for widening Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Wesley Chapel, and they have dropped significantly since 2007. ...more

March 5, 2009

Proposed laws over electric rates could light up some debate when state lawmakers convene Tuesday for the 2009 session of the Legislature. ...more

February 28, 2009

Friends of the Friendship Trail and Bridge will meet tonight to discuss the bridge's history, status and future, and a big part of the discussion will be the range of estimated costs for repairing or replacing it. ...more

December 18, 2008