AVON PARK — A spokesman for the Navy said Thursday that the timeline has been pushed back yet again for live bombing operations to begin at the Avon Park Air Force Range. Jim Brantley, a media relations officer with the Fleet Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., said the Navy now expects to begin using live bombs at the range by January or February 2009. He said it was pushed back because the funds –– a "small amount" of $1.5 million –– were not previously available, even though they are now. The Navy planned to negotiate construction contracts with the Air Force and a contracting agent, which would be awarded by March. Site development is slated for April or May with the construction of roadways and electronic devices used to score how well the bombers are doing. The last of the instrumentation should be installed sometime during the fall. ...more

January 25, 2008

If you drive on the roads of southeast Pasco County, prepare yourself for some major changes. ...more

January 13, 2008

Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful is in need of volunteers for its eighth annual litter cleanup campaign this month. ...more

January 9, 2008

Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful is in need of volunteers for its eighth annual litter cleanup campaign this month. ...more

January 5, 2008

Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful needs volunteers for its eighth annual litter cleanup campaign this month. ...more

January 5, 2008

Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful needs volunteers for its eighth annual litter cleanup campaign this month. ...more

January 5, 2008

Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful is in need of volunteers for its eighth annual litter cleanup campaign this month. ...more

January 5, 2008

SEBRING — Some Highlands County citizens are calling the tentative plan to re-open popular Lake Denton illegal. Others are calling it ridiculous. One who is doing both is Ken Melvin, one of the seven members of the special Lake Denton Citizens Advisory Committee. On Jan. 2, the Highlands County commissioners are scheduled to at least discuss, and possibly vote on, the committee's controversial, four-point recommendation to re-open this closed public lake. "I think it's illegal," Melvin said about the committee's recommendation to severely restrict public access and charge weekend "user's fees" of $25 per day to scuba divers, boaters, fishermen, swimmers and sunbathers. "I'm going to say that to the commissioners on Wednesday," Melvin said. He was sick for several months and missed the last two advisory committee meetings. ...more

December 29, 2007

One day after rain delayed their opening, two new ramps for traffic exiting Tampa International Airport on George Bean Parkway opened to traffic Saturday. ...more

December 23, 2007

TAMPA - One day after rain delayed their opening, two new ramps for traffic exiting Tampa International Airport on George Bean Parkway opened to traffic Saturday. ...more

December 22, 2007