Pilots of regional aircraft should be paid more than taxi and bus drivers, a business travelers advocacy group suggests in a letter sent to Congress on Tuesday. ...more

May 27, 2009

The City of Avon Park has hired Frank Sanderson as interim public works director. Sanderson works for Government Services Group out of Orlando. He has over 40 years of experience in public works, said City Manager Sarah Adelt. ...more

April 14, 2009

Overnight visitors in Pinellas County fell by 3.6 percent in February compared with last year, according to Research Data Services Inc. of Tampa, the county's tourism consultant. You were also more apt to hear a Boston accent across town during the month when Beantown replaced New York as the county's top source of visitors. ...more

April 9, 2009

The federal government has awarded St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport $5.35 million in airport improvement federal stimulus funding. ...more

April 9, 2009

The city of Avon Park has terminated its water and wastewater foreman Freddie Renfro and has given its longtime public works coordinator Ted Long the option to retire, resign or be fired, according to city officials. ...more

April 7, 2009

A new mural in Lake Placid is going to be dedicated at 11 a.m. today at Rhodes Law Firm, located at 307 E. Interlake Blvd., Lake Placid, to show the beginning of basketball at Lake Placid High School in 1939-1940. ...more

March 28, 2009

Cruise line passenger traffic increased 17.8 percent at the Port of Tampa in January compared with a year ago - up to 84,546 embarking and disembarking passengers, a report shows. ...more

March 28, 2009

Seven hotels in the Downtown Disney Resort area are offering discounts to Florida residents and active-duty and retired military personnel. ...more

March 24, 2009

Amtrak's northbound Silver Star will not serve Tampa and Lakeland on Mondays through Thursdays from Monday through April 9 because of track repair. Passengers will be bused to Orlando to make connections with the train to New York. ...more

March 11, 2009

SeaCoast Airlines will increase its schedule between St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport and Key West from four to five days a week April 1 by adding a round-trip flight on Wednesdays. ...more

February 26, 2009