Methane gas from the county's northwest landfill will soon be converted to electricity ...more

September 4, 2008

homes, said Joe Collum, Timberline's site manager for the project. The system could produce twice that in about 15 years, when a planned third garbage cell is expected to reach capacity, Collum said. Timberline will install a second generator in a few years to handle the increasing amount of gas. ...more

September 4, 2008

The tentacles of rain and gusty winds from sprawling Tropical Storm Fay finally reached into Pasco County, causing widely scattered power outages here Friday morning. ...more

August 22, 2008

Monday was a day to hurry up and wait as officials prepared for whatever Tropical Storm Fay brings to Hernando County. ...more

August 19, 2008

The Emergency Operations Center will be staffed by emergency management staff only. The phone lines will be open at the Public Information Center all day today. When the center was opened Monday morning, volunteers fielded 71 calls in three hours. ...more

August 19, 2008

AUTHORITIES ARREST MAN, WOMAN ON DRUG CHARGES ...more

July 18, 2008

Drums filled with 211 marijuana plants were rolled into the back of a moving van Thursday after SWAT and a Hazmat team converged on a home in River Country, deputies said. ...more

July 18, 2008

WEEKI WACHEE - Drums filled with what appeared to be marijuana plants were rolled into the back of a moving van today after SWAT and a Hazmat team converged on a home in River Country. ...more

July 17, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. finished restoring power Monday to 600 customers still without electricity after Sunday's violent storms. ...more

July 8, 2008

TAMPA - Six hundred Tampa Electric Co. customers remained without power this morning, the bulk of them in a swath of western Hillsborough County extending from the Carrollwood and Lutz area south to the Interbay neighborhoods. ...more

July 7, 2008