Utility officials and regulators next week will review an analysis of what caused a crack in the concrete wall of the Crystal River nuclear plant's containment building. ...more

November 11, 2009

Capitalism vs. Socialism In the paper last week was a guest column written by Eric Veltri which makes it pretty clear that he does not enjoy living in a capitalist nation. I cannot accept his invitation to discuss it with him because I am still so old fashioned I do not own one of those e-mail generators. I believe Mr. Veltri can very easily solve his problem by selecting one of the socialist countries he admires and move there. ...more

November 11, 2009

The latest, and maybe final, round went to the developer of a 346-foot Bayshore Boulevard condominium tower after nearly six years of legal wrangling. ...more

February 5, 2009

More than a million homes and businesses were left in the cold without power Thursday in the wake of an icy winter storm could face a lengthy wait for electricity to come back, even as federal help was promised to two states hit hardest by the blast. ...more

January 30, 2009

Two men were arrested this week, accused of stealing more than $11,600 worth of copper wire from a Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative New River substation in August. Timothy Andrew Davis, of 30404 Lynne Drive, already in jail on unrelated drug and grand theft auto charges, is now facing a new charge of grand theft. Pasco deputies say Davis, Jason Gregory Lanier, 27, and a third man who hasn't been arrested yet, stole the 1,037 feet of copper from a secured area that houses generators and transformers sometime between Aug. 14 and Aug. 18. ...more

September 17, 2008

A Lake Placid man appears to be the only fatality in Highlands County as a result of Tropical Storm Fay. ...more

August 21, 2008

A Lake Placid man's death appears to be the only Tropical Storm Fay-related fatality in Highlands County and in Florida. ...more

August 20, 2008

TAMPA - If a major hurricane hits Florida this year, causing widespread power outages, fuel will be available at select gas stations thanks to a year-old state law. The law, passed in 2006, requires certain fuel terminals and retail stores to be able to operate on emergency power post-storm. ...more

July 11, 2008

TAMPA - A switch feeding electricity to the Criminal Justice Center in Clearwater failed today, causing a power outage that lasted about six hours and interrupting court proceedings. ...more

June 16, 2008

TAMPA - After confiscating items from a burglary suspect, Manatee County deputies are on the lookout for his victims. ...more

May 5, 2008