Tampa International Airport managers have set goals for 2009, including steps they need to take to maintain the number of nonstop destinations airlines offer out of Tampa during the airline industry's continued downturn. ...more

August 13, 2008

All good things come to an end, and for me, the best time of my life has been the past 24 years as the outdoors editor of The Tampa Tribune. Economic conditions and a proffered buyout combined with the fact that I'm only a few months from Medicare make this prime time for me to take a bow and start easing toward the exit. Though I hope it won't be curtains for me, so to speak. As Bobby Bowden has famously pointed out, there's not but one big event left after you retire. So I am "semi-retiring." ...more

July 20, 2008

Americans are raiding their already fragile retirement piggy banks to weather financial hardships such as unemployment, medical emergencies and buying a home. ...more

July 17, 2008

TAMPA - Lazydays RV SuperCenter, the huge recreational vehicle dealer off Interstate 4 in Seffner, reported Wednesday that it has laid off 75 employees, about 15 percent of its work force. ...more

July 9, 2008

With fewer homebuyers in the South signing sales contracts to purchase existing homes in May than in April, the region showed the largest regional drop across the nation, a report released Tuesday said. ...more

July 9, 2008

TAMPA — A pending sales index shows 7.1 percent fewer home buyers in the South signed sales contracts to purchase existing homes in May than in April. It was the largest regional drop, according to a report released today by the National Association of Realtors. The index for the South also hit a new low, said Mike Larson an analyst with Weiss Research in Jupiter. It was a disappointment, he said, because, "the housing market had a bit of bounce in April because of moves made by the Feds to lower interest rates. ...more

July 8, 2008

Daily parking rates at the Port of Tampa's cruise line terminal could increase from $12 to $14 for a standard space and from $24 to $28 for buses, large campers and other vehicles occupying two spaces under a proposal scheduled for a July 24 public hearing. ...more

July 3, 2008

PALM HARBOR - Next month residents will be able to sell their wares to bargain hunters browsing in air-conditioned comfort at Palm Harbor Recreation's Third Annual Summer Flea Market. It will take place from 8 a.m. until noon, Saturday, July 12, at the Palm Harbor Activity Center, on 16th Street off Nebraska Avenue ...more

June 21, 2008

For those willing to brave the summer sun, plucking tomatoes hot off the vine is a longstanding Florida treat. ...more

June 21, 2008

For those willing to brave the summer sun, plucking tomatoes hot off the vine is a longstanding Florida treat. ...more

June 20, 2008