Beaches in Florida's Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota counties last year were found to have risky pollution levels for swimmers less often than the rest of the nation, says an environmental watchdog group. ...more

July 30, 2008

Beaches in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Sarasota counties last year were found to have risky pollution levels for swimmers less often than the rest of the nation, says an environmental watchdog group. ...more

July 30, 2008

How many trailers are involved? The Federal Emergency Management Agency says 25,162 trailers are occupied in Louisiana, 10,362 in Mississippi. The trailers were made by several companies. Some were made specially for FEMA. ...more

February 15, 2008

When cold and flu season strikes, auto-shop manager Todd Meredith's hands may end up in an engine to get a customer's car back on the road. The commissioner of the Central Virginia Basketball Officials Association, Ed Smith, may be forced to send fewer officials to a high school game. Health-care workers dedicated to patient care may have to be told to go home. ...more

January 20, 2008

Residents of Hillsborough County's southeastern corner are pushing back against phosphate giant Mosaic's push to expand its mining area there by 1,599 acres. ...more

December 27, 2007

A blaze that firefighters said resembled an erupting volcano burned for hours at a Port of Tampa recycling business Friday, spewing a plume of smoke across Tampa Bay and slightly affecting air quality, officials said. ...more

December 1, 2007

TAMPA – Firefighters say a fire burning at a Port of Tampa business is still going strong, sending a plume of smoke billowing hundreds of feet into the air. ...more

November 30, 2007

There is a quiet battle for the future of this industrial town, one of America's most polluted places. ...more

October 26, 2007