BROOKSVILLE - Now all that's left is the closing and it's "Weeki Wachee Springs State Park." The governing board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District gave its unanimous blessing Tuesday to an agreement that would make the 60-year-old attraction, famous for its mermaid shows, a state park this year. ...more

January 29, 2008

At about 11 p.m. Thursday, Robyn Anderson took some time to reflect on what has been at times a very difficult journey in the last four years. Anderson, mayor of the City of Weeki Wachee and general manager of Weeki Wachee Springs, thought about the hard work it took to improve the landmark, neglected by the previous owner but still universally beloved. ...more

January 26, 2008

At about 11 p.m. Thursday, Robyn Anderson took some time to reflect on what has been at times a very difficult journey in the last four years. ...more

January 26, 2008

At about 11 p.m. Thursday, Robyn Anderson took some time to reflect on what has been at times a very difficult journey in the last four years. ...more

January 25, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - When Earl Gamber moved into his home off Hale Road in 1964, he could float a sailboat in the canal behind his house. ...more

January 9, 2008

Hernando County won't be invited to talks between Weeki Wachee Springs and its landlord, a spokesman for the Southwest Florida Water Management District said. ...more

December 26, 2007

Water district says negotiations too far along for another party to sit at the table. ...more

December 20, 2007

The mermaids will be soon be swimming in a lot less motor oil. Crews are putting the finishing touches on a project to divert the flood of stormwater that flows into the park and the Weekiwachee River springhead from the attraction's vast parking lot and from U.S. 19. ...more

December 13, 2007

Tampa Bay area residents could be hit with new, more stringent watering restrictions when the Southwest Florida Water Management District governing board meets Monday in Tampa. ...more

November 22, 2007

Hillsborough County commissioners found themselves neck deep in political muck when they abruptly voted to get rid of the county's wetlands protections last summer. ...more

November 7, 2007