Their mission almost complete, space shuttle Discovery's astronauts checked out their ship's flight systems Friday to ensure a safe return to NASA's spaceport. ...more

March 27, 2009

Hotel Bookings Fall In Tampa Area The number of hotel rooms booked in January declined 5.7 percent in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region compared with 5.4 percent for Florida and 7.7 percent for the United States, a Tennessee travel industry consultant reported. ...more

March 25, 2009

Progress Energy and its Florida customers are generating more than 1 megawatt of solar power, a "significant" milestone for the St. Petersburg-based utility, company officials said Monday. ...more

March 24, 2009

Super Bowl XLIII will be powered with electricity made from renewable resources in Florida, Tampa Electric Co. said today. ...more

December 17, 2008

Acknowledging that renewable energy is in its infancy in Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist and a top energy executive celebrated a baby step forward Monday: the state's first solar power plant. ...more

February 12, 2008