The worst nightmare for many West Pasco residents could be surviving a devastating hurricane or other disaster. So imagine the challenges a person who is blind or has some other disability would face trying to recover from an emergency. Pasco leaders are starting to walk a mile in the shoes of disabled people while putting together an Emergency Preparedness Conference for residents with special needs later this spring. ...more

February 11, 2009

Items of interest from the Jan. 26 Plant City Commission meeting include: •Fire Rescue Chief George Shiley and his crew displayed the city's newest ambulance outside City Hall prior to the meeting. ...more

February 4, 2009

State environmental officials have approved a report from Raytheon that starts the clock ticking on cleanup of a groundwater pollution plume that has been spreading for decades through a St. Petersburg neighborhood. ...more

January 31, 2009

State environmental officials have approved a report from Raytheon that starts the clock ticking on cleanup of a groundwater pollution plume that has been spreading for decades through a St. Petersburg neighborhood. ...more

January 30, 2009

Joining the wave of toys painted with lead-based paint and the tainted infant formula, drywall from China is now raising a concern. ...more

January 30, 2009

Here's a report people can sink their teeth into. Environmental Manager Al Gray has released the Florida Department of Health's "Rabies Surveillance Program" covering the period Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2008. ...more

January 30, 2009

Joining the wave of toys painted with lead-based paint and the tainted infant formula, drywall from China is now raising a concern. ...more

January 13, 2009

Joining the wave of toys that were painted with lead-based paint and infant formula that was tainted, drywall from China is now raising a concern. ...more

January 12, 2009

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will host a community meeting next week to discuss the extent of the Raytheon Co. plume of industrial waste in groundwater under the Azalea neighborhood of St. Petersburg. ...more

January 8, 2009

Smokers making a New Year's resolution to quit can get help from Tobacco Free Florida. Callers to the toll-free Quitline at 1-877-U-CAN-NOW who enroll in counseling are able to choose from patches, gum and lozenges - a combination that doubles the chances a smoker will quit. ...more

December 31, 2008