The pending closure of Smithfield Foods meat packing plant is having economic ripple effects across the Tampa Bay area, in ways large and small. ...more

March 4, 2009

The Avon Park City Council is sending a message to the governor - that it opposes Miami-Dade County's effort to eliminate municipalities from lawfully setting higher utility rates for customers outside the city limits. ...more

December 29, 2008

Just a few months ago, Pasco County officials worried they wouldn't have enough money to pave the rest of Tommytown's infamous dirt roads. ...more

November 22, 2008

Hundreds of city utility customers who pay their bills on time may be in line for refunds. ...more

August 28, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS Municipal water and sewer rates could rise by slightly more than 10 percent during the city's coming fiscal year. ...more

August 25, 2008

Residents who have paid their utility bills on time for the past two years could be getting a deposit refund under a proposal being considered by the city commission. ...more

August 23, 2008

A week after test results showed that at least six private irrigation wells in the Azalea neighborhood are contaminated with industrial waste from the Raytheon defense plant, officials with the state's Department of Environmental Protection met with residents to hear their concerns. ...more

May 5, 2008

PORT RICHEY - A water main break on U.S. 19 early this morning has prompted the city to issue a boil-water notice for municipal water customers who live north of the Westport subdivision, city officials said. ...more

January 3, 2008