A year ago when birders with the West Pasco Audubon Society scoured the countryside during the annual Christmas Bird Count, they spotted 175 species, a record for the group. ...more

January 1, 2010

A chaotic economy wreaked havoc across the country in 2009. Businesses folded, charity lines lengthened and the unemployment rate soared during a very difficult year. ...more

December 30, 2009

The year's latest tropical depression formed today from an area of low pressure tucked near Central America and is expected to become Tropical Storm Ida, possibly today. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center have watched the thunderstorms in the extreme southwestern Caribbean Sea since the weekend, and the system continued to become more organized. ...more

November 4, 2009

As home gardeners prepare a patch in their yards for an annual vegetable garden, a Mulberry woman is hoping to plant a seed of her own. ...more

October 21, 2009

Every year, 20,000 rubber ducks race down the Hillsborough River to help end hunger in this area. ...more

October 14, 2009

Tampa's Dror Vaknin and former USF All-American and St. Petersburg resident Christa Benton won Sunday's Bay to Bay 12-kilometer race. ...more

March 16, 2009

A low, dense mangrove forest tickling the western edge of Old Tampa Bay, hides what could be the nation's most populated winter roost for spring's icon – the American robin. ...more

February 20, 2009

DADE CITY Today's likely approval of a massive landfill in eastern Pasco County created a flurry of last-minute letter writing in recent days by environmental groups opposed to the plan. ...more

January 12, 2009

Sheik Island Farms, a 360-acre property in rural Pasco County, features a state-of-the-art equestrian facility, two houses and a two-story office building with a three-bedroom apartment. ...more

October 15, 2008

Cypress Point Park is back in business after storms and steady erosion whittled away the banks of the park on the western edge of Cypress Street on Tampa Bay. Traffic is expected to slow near Cypress Point where the city has scheduled a rededication ceremony this morning to mark the end of the park's shoreline restoration. ...more

October 14, 2008