Passenger traffic at Tampa International Airport declined 1.7 percent in August compared with a year ago, the best showing in the past 17 months as the recession's toll on business and leisure travel appears to be receding. ...more

September 15, 2009

MIDFLORIDA Real Estate Sales LLC announces the addition of two independent real estate companies, expanding its reach in the local market. ...more

January 25, 2009

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport reported a 1 percent decline in ridership in 2008, holding mostly steady thanks to a big surge in passengers for Allegiant Air and gains in Canadian traffic. ...more

January 15, 2009

St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport reported a 1 percent decline in ridership in 2008, holding mostly steady thanks to a big surge in ridership by Allegiant Air and gains in Canadian traffic. ...more

January 14, 2009

Thousands of people displaced by fighting in eastern Congo stoned U.N. vehicles at a refugee camp Sunday in anger at the organization's failure to protect them. ...more

November 24, 2008

"A crazy amount of inventory" is how Jarrod Davis, team leader and managing partner of Keller Williams Realty of Highlands County, describes the glut of residential property on the local market. ...more

August 24, 2008

Windward Homes has changed its name to K. Hovnanian Homes and to celebrate the name change, is offering reduced pricing in all of its 10 Tampa area communities. ...more

August 3, 2008

Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt decades ago. ...more

June 15, 2008

Continental joins the list of airlines to announce fleet, capacity and staffing reductions to deal with high fuel costs. ...more

June 5, 2008

Has Highlands County's economic woes hit bottom and started slowly creeping up? Do we even dare say such things out loud in fear that there will be some kind of jinx? It's hard to say on both counts, but a few smart people believe we might have hit bottom and that we have no where to go but up. We certainly hope that's true. A lot of houses are on the market these days and it seems like in the last month or so, some of them are being sold. That probably has to do with prices falling enough that buyers don't want to miss a good thing, but it's still a good sign. The first sign of an improving economy will be some of those "For Sale" signs being topped off with "Sold" signs. ...more

May 19, 2008