Finally, I think it might be safe to say that anglers can expect constant fishing factors that are more favorable than unfavorable; the wind seems to be mostly from a northerly direction and between 10-18 mph on the water, and the water temperatures exactly where fish feed best at, and more often. ...more

November 9, 2009

Florida is flat as a pancake with minimal elevation and is all but surrounded by water. The farthest point inland from the Gulf or Atlantic is just 70 miles, while most of the population lives within 25 miles of the coast on land no more than 20 feet above sea level. We are 18 million people living on a sand bar with more at risk and more to lose from sea level rise than anywhere in the world. ...more

March 29, 2009

As federal investigators searched the debris of Continental Connection Flight 3407, questions lingered over the use of the plane's autopilot system during icy conditions. ...more

February 15, 2009

After two years of review and public debate, state regulators are poised to approve a controversial landfill that sits near the headwaters of two of the region's major rivers. ...more

December 18, 2008

The towering vistas, the hiking trails, quaint towns, waterfalls and natural waterslides can make you feel like a kid again. ...more

October 6, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay hobbled across northern Florida on Friday as the state's death toll related to the storm rose to seven. The storm, which has never reached hurricane status, dumped huge amounts of rain in some parts of Florida. ...more

August 23, 2008

Hillsborough County's regional reservoir could be out of commission for several years while engineers try to fix cracks in the reservoir's inner walls. ...more

August 19, 2008

JAPAN - President Bush said Sunday he does not feel the need to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics to state his opposition to China's human rights record. Skipping the event would be an "affront" to the Chinese people, he said. ...more

July 6, 2008

SEBRING — They didn't vote on whether to fill the dredge hole in Lake Jackson, and they didn't table the matter. Instead, the council simply didn't act. Bobby Clark, 23, drowned June 11 in the hole, which was probably created in the 1960s to fill a park area behind the Civic Center park, then-City Manager Bob Hoffman told the council. Fire Chief Brad Batz said Clark crossed the football field sized hole just a few yards off Pier Beach several times that day, but got a cramp during his last swim. After Clark died, the city councilors asked what they should do. ...more

July 2, 2008

SEBRING — Last week when Clell Ford and Erin McCarta measured the width, length and depth of a dredge hole at City Pier Beach, where a drowning took place June 7, they realized it was a whole lot bigger than originally estimated. In fact, it's about 10 times bigger, and it's going to take twice as much sand to fill it as can be easily found in Lake Jackson: 10.000 cubic feet, 6,800 cubic yards. So the bottom line, said Ford, who is Highlands County's lakes manager, is that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection won't be able to grant an emergency permit to fill the football-field sized hole a few feet off the beach. ...more

June 18, 2008