You know the routine: It's time to make resolutions to exercise more, eat more fruit and vegetables and maintain (or obtain) a healthy weight. In the Tampa Bay area, you don't have to sign up for a gym membership you'll never use or join a regimented diet program to reach your health goals. The area's rich resources put a healthy lifestyle within your reach - picturesque hiking trails and parks, walking paths at the water's edge, a population with a zest for sports, and organic farms and farmers markets offering fresh produce. Here are a few of the local options. ...more

January 1, 2010

Underage alcohol and tobacco sales are highest in Pinellas, among Bay area counties. ...more

December 31, 2009

Donate blood next month and you could be headed to Disney World. Florida Blood Services announced today it's participating in Walt Disney World's "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" promotion. The Orlando theme park giant is offering a single-day park voucher, valued at $79, to the first 1 million people who volunteer with pre-approved agencies. ...more

December 31, 2009

Talk of the town Talk about a tumultuous town hall meeting. The debate over national health care reform turned ugly Aug. 6 when fire marshals closed the doors on an Ybor City meeting because the crowd was getting too large. There was shouting, shoving and fighting inside and outside. One man even had his shirt torn in the fracas. ...more

December 31, 2009

As the new kid on the block, Minto Communities LLC, a Canadian developer with roots in South Florida, plans to make its presence known in the Tampa Bay area's new home sales market. ...more

December 30, 2009

Another batch of cold, dry air swept into the region on Monday, bringing parts of the Tampa Bay area near the freezing point and prompting the National Weather Service to issue a wind-chill advisory for much of the region. ...more

December 29, 2009

Another cold front could push temperatures below freezing north of the Tampa Bay area tonight. ...more

December 28, 2009

Get ready for ball drops, champagne toasts, skating parties and concerts as the Tampa Bay area celebrates the biggest party of the year. ...more

December 26, 2009

Ask anyone who has lived in South Florida for more three decades. They remember the snowfall of 1977. ...more

December 25, 2009

There's no chance for a white Christmas here, but the Bay area could be in store for a wet and cloudy one with a fair chance for rain starting after dark today and extending into Friday evening. ...more

December 24, 2009