It has been more than 30 years since federal wildlife managers formally mapped the places where endangered manatee live in Florida. On Tuesday, they acknowledged it's probably time for an update. ...more

October 3, 2009

A health care system overhaul, weak finances in Medicare, lapses in food safety. Those challenges and more await Kathleen Sebelius as President Barack Obama's health secretary. ...more

March 2, 2009

Just as Circuit City shuts down, a rival electronics retailer is preparing to enter the Tampa Bay area and challenge Best Buy. ...more

February 20, 2009

Just as Circuit City shuts down, a rival electronics retailer is preparing to enter the Tampa Bay area and challenge Best Buy. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Indianapolis-based appliance and electronics chain HHGregg is finishing its first local store in the Market Square shopping center near Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in New Tampa. It's also scouting other potential store sites around the Bay area, but hasn't yet committed to any other new stores other than one in Sarasota. Its closest store to the area at the moment is in Lakeland. ...more

February 11, 2009

Highlands County commissioners are deciding whether the county should lift its ban on private landfills. It's, no doubt, a difficult decision, but there are big potential problems if they allow private dumping, and we hope that if they do allow it, there are strong stipulations. ...more

January 23, 2009

Hurricane Ike's deadly rampage through the Caribbean added to the mudslides and misery in Haiti before slamming into Cuba on Monday. ...more

September 9, 2008

Divers checking cracks in the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir have discovered the cement holding billions of gallons of water is more than half a foot thinner in some places than it's supposed to be. ...more

July 1, 2008

Thousands of homeowners in "sinkhole alley" are going without coverage. ...more

January 12, 2008

LAKE PLACID — The noise started early Monday morning. But the loud and regular pounding and scraping was welcomed by neighbors like Donna and Sergio Guzman as about a dozen workers prepared former mobile home park Viking Village for demolition. "Sergio and I are enjoying the sound of heavy metal — aluminum crashing to the ground," said Donna Guzman, with a broad smile. In mid-September, the 18-unit trailer park was condemned by the county, and the property owner was threatened with daily fines. Most of the trailers and buildings at the park, located at County Road 17 and Lake June Road, are dilapidated with gaping holes and broken windows. ...more

November 7, 2007