Pine View Middle School students took a trip on the wild side last week in order to learn more about biodiversity, water quality, habitats and animals through hands-on experiments and observation at Cross Bar Ranch in Spring Hill. ...more

April 1, 2009

Work crews have plugged most of the sinkholes that closed six area roads. ...more

March 25, 2009

Work crews have plugged most of the sinkholes that closed six area roads. ...more

March 24, 2009

Recently, there has been a great deal of news coverage that has prompted concern about increased rates for garbage disposal in Hernando County due to alleged "delays" in permitting the Hernando County's landfill expansion. ...more

March 21, 2009

The prospect for getting the permit soon to build a new section at the county landfill is brighter, but still far from certain, Utilities Director Joe Stapf told the county commission Tuesday. ...more

March 11, 2009

Putting Rail On Map More than a year ago, the question was asked: "Why can't Tampa do this?" A rail line from Tampa Palms along Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, west along Fowler Avenue, south along Nebraska to downtown Tampa, and west along Kennedy Boulevard, then northwest on Memorial Highway frontage road to Tampa International Airport. ...more

March 1, 2009

Blame it on the strawberries. The recent cold snap that had Plant City farmers pumping groundwater to spray on their berries has caused a rash of sinkholes: on Whitelaw Road, Moore Lake Road, Gallagher Road, Sydney Road, Lone Oak Road and Drawdy Road. ...more

February 16, 2009

Blame it on the strawberries. The recent cold snap that had Plant City farmers pumping ground water to spray onto their berries has caused a rash of sinkholes: on Whitelaw Road, Moore Lake Road, Gallagher Road, Sydney Road, Lone Oak Road and Drawdy Road. ...more

February 15, 2009

State regulators on Thursday denied a company's request to build a landfill near the environmentally sensitive Green Swamp. ...more

February 13, 2009

Florida's Department of Environmental Protection denied a request for a solid waste permit to build a landfill in Dade City near the Green Swamp. ...more

February 12, 2009