City officials plan to ease flooding in the Channel District with an $8.7 million stormwater project that will build an underground vault for water storage beneath York Street. Pipes also will be installed under Washington Street, near a planned small park. ...more

December 23, 2009

A pond-sized underground vault eventually will store runoff water in the Channel District, easing flooding of area roads. No construction timetable is set. ...more

December 18, 2009

The Florida Aquarium is offering new members a 13-month deal for the price of 12 months through Dec. 31. ...more

November 19, 2009

Four fish remain alive following a traffic crash at Tampa International Airport last week. Fifty fish lived in the tank before a Ford Ranger driven by Yamile Campuzano-Martine crashed into it Nov. 9, Florida Aquarium spokesman Tom Wagner said. ...more

November 17, 2009

It started with an 8-year-old boy in Afghanistan who turned down a candy bar in favor of a pencil and an American serviceman who wanted to do more. ...more

November 12, 2009

I'm not really sweating the year 2100. It ought to be an interesting enough year. By then, it's likely cars will be running on extract of kudzu, the Tampa Bay Rays regularly will be selling out their domed stadium in Ruskin, the Bucs will be completing a rebuilding season and Dick Greco will be contemplating another run for mayor. ...more

October 25, 2009

What will the Tampa Bay area look like in 2100? One leading climate change scientist says many famous locations, including places such as Tampa General Hospital and the Salvador Dalí Museum, could be covered with seawater. ...more

October 23, 2009

Gordon Hamilton, a research professor at the University of Maine, has done extensive research on how melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica are affecting global sea levels. He's in Tampa as part of the Hip Boot Tour, which is organized by Clean Air-Cool Plant, a nonprofit global warming activist group. ...more

October 22, 2009

Firefighters from across Florida learned how to fight fires aboard large vessels by practicing Tuesday on the SS American Victory. ...more

October 21, 2009

Today's TECO Streetcar Fest offers 5-cent rides on the downtown streetcar line, along with free lunch certificates for children at Centro Ybor, tours of the Ybor Station streetcar barn and other activities. ...more

October 10, 2009