Yes, the area has suffered a three-year drought. Yes, the reservoir has encountered some unanticipated problems. But it is still appalling that Tampa Bay Water, which supplies drinking water to Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, is on the verge of violating groundwater pumping limits less than a month after the long-sought lower level went into effect. ...more

January 31, 2009

Hillsborough County environmental authorities have filed a lawsuit to collect fines assessed against a Rocky Creek homeowner for building a dock and sea wall without proper permits. ...more

January 24, 2009

Hillsborough County environmental authorities have filed a lawsuit to collect fines assessed against a Rocky Creek homeowner for building a dock and seawall without proper permits. ...more

January 23, 2009

Federal regulators say they haven't decided whether they'll hold a public hearing to discuss whether to issue a new development permit for the Cypress Creek Town Center. ...more

January 21, 2009

Federal regulators say they haven't decided yet if they'll hold a public hearing to discuss whether to issue a new development permit for the Cypress Creek Town Center. ...more

January 20, 2009

The board of the South Florida Water Management District has approved changes to a deal to buy U.S. Sugar Corps' land in the Everglades. ...more

November 13, 2008

The owner of Berry Hill, a proposed subdivision west of town, will make one more attempt to win county approval for his project in the face of opposition from the project's neighbors. ...more

November 1, 2008

Two tall, gray sandhill cranes serve as the greeting committee at the entrance to Lake Dan Preserve, flanked on the west and north by Pinellas and Pasco counties. ...more

October 18, 2008

Colorful carnivorous hooded pitcher plants hide among the tall native grasses at Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve, waiting to ensnare unsuspecting insects in their red and green pit traps. ...more

October 18, 2008

It will a few more months before the dispute over the controversial plan to dump material dredged from the Hernando Beach channel onto a parcel on Eagle Nest Drive gets a hearing. ...more

October 11, 2008