Local tanning salon operators are feeling burned by a federal proposal to add a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning services. ...more

December 24, 2009

Green used to be just a color. Occasionally, it was used as an expression to mean inexperienced. But now the connotations that power this word run on solar panels. To admit to not recycling, to retain apathetic feelings toward polar bears, and to accuse the scientific community of fear-mongering is equated to blasphemy. ...more

December 16, 2009

Green used to be just a color. Occasionally, it was used as an expression to mean inexperienced. But now the connotations that power this word run on solar panels. To admit to not recycling, to retain apathetic feelings toward polar bears, and to accuse the scientific community of fear-mongering is equated to blasphemy. ...more

December 15, 2009

This holiday season in Pasco County, a number of businesses are seeking community donations for charity projects, hoping to provide the food, toiletries and even the books and toys needed to brighten the holidays of people in need. ...more

November 28, 2009

Pasco County commissioners on Tuesday formally will accept a $4.2 million federal grant aimed at helping the county use energy more efficiently. ...more

November 14, 2009

A. J. D'Amario of Hudson would rather see the government keep its hands off the private sector. ...more

April 15, 2009

Homeowner Michael Martin says a 25 percent increase in his Progress Energy bills will hit him hard. He says the electricity bill for his 1,500-square-foot home could increase $75 to $150 a month, depending on how much he uses. ...more

February 5, 2009

Summer O'Regan was unfazed by the task confronting her: washing windows in a lodge at Camp Wai Lani, in the Palm Harbor area. Summer was one of about 50 girls, ages 8 - 14, who took sponges, cloths and paintbrushes in hand last Saturday to spruce up the venerable Girl Scout camp. Their work included painting, cleaning, burning brush piles and changing fire alarm batteries and light bulbs. ...more

January 24, 2009

LAND O'LAKES - It takes one to know one, and - at least this season - the Tampa Bay Rays know a winner when they see one. ...more

August 13, 2008

Detective Ronnie Cooper walked around a sheriff's office conference room Thursday, pointing at light bulbs as long as his forearm and marijuana plants as high as his waist. ...more

August 8, 2008